Well this was a perfect day to take the afternoon off from political news, eh?
From what I'm reading so far, this was the most revealing day of the general election thus far.
On the one hand, you have John McCain's campaign using a swift boater to falsely accuse Wesley Clark of having swift-boated John McCain -- in short, resorting to old tricks.
On the other hand, you have the Obama campaign, taking the high road, distancing themselves from Clark's comments when they didn't have to, and offering a general vision of how patriotism ought to be handled in our political discourse.
In short, it was John McCain showing what's wrong with our politics, and Barack Obama showing what is right.
© Jed Lewison