John McCain (hearts) racists

Just thought you'd want to know.

Seriously, though: It's one thing for a Republican candidate to want to shore up "the base", even if "the base" is insane. However, when you have a reputation as a straight-talker, rather than as a political animal/whore, doing things like endorsing George Wallace Jr. for a Lt. Governor post, calling him "a committed conservative reformer" when the guy is connected with the racist Council of Conservative Citizens is not the sort of thing that's going to appeal to swing voters.

Of course, if given that this is the same guy who embraced a president whose 2000 campaign referred to his adopted Bengladeshi child as the product of an alleged liaison with a black prostitute and to his wife as a drug addict, one shouldn't be surprised.

But can we please put the "McCain is an honest politician" meme away for good now?