It's hard to imagine that John McCain intended to compromise the safety of Barack Obama when he said he thought Barack would land in Iraq either today or tomorrow, but that's besides the point. The issue is that this is something McCain should have known not to say.

As TPM documents, the media has been very careful to not release details of Barack's travel schedule for precisely the same reason that McCain should have kept his mouth shut: security. I actually asked someone on the campaign the other day if they knew when Barack was going, and they told me that it was a hush-hush situation and that most people on the campaign didn't know.

To me, this is a question of judgment. Assuming that McCain was right, this is far worse than Hillary Clinton's RFK moment -- even if he wasn't speaking on specific knowledge or with evil intent -- because regardless of his agenda, he jeopardized the welfare of not just Barack Obama, but also everybody traveling with and responsible for the protection of Barack Obama.

It illustrates once again that John McCain's unthinking shoot-from-the-hip style makes him unfit to serve as President of the United States.