So John McCain said that “the Constitution of the United States gives no authority for the Congress of the United States to set lengths of tour or lengths of duty in the military” in leading the opposition to the amendment sponsored by Jim Webb that would have required our military to have at least the same amount of time at home as the length of their prior tour overseas.Not surprisingly, Webb called him on that nonsense here (kudos to Think Progress of course for this clarification; however, I heard a report on NPR this morning that did not provide that refutation of McCain, not surprisingly).
And this post by Richard Gizbert of HuffPo tells us that the otherwise hip and intelligent Jon Stewart of The Daily Show just loves his bonding time with “Senator Honor and Virtue,” even though there is no logical reason why Stewart should give McCain the time of day since the Arizona senator at this point embodies just about everything that Stewart so skillfully lampoons on his program.
And by the way, how’s that presidential campaign going, Senator? No money problems, I hope. And enjoying your travel accommodations? Flying in “coach” yet?
Update: I really can’t think of a way to properly communicate my utter revulsion at the Senate (particularly the Democrats, who are apparently more chicken and clueless on the procedural manner in which they allow themselves to be utter played by the Repugs based on this) for somehow failing to pass the Webb Amendment even though it received 56 votes – Kagro X explains, and it will probably give you a headache – yet entertaining a censure motion against MoveOn.org for that ad (and the outcry is totally predictable given the cowering response by Democratic politicians and too many others who profess to support what we believe).
Update: Gail Collins of the New York Times has more today.
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