Imagine if Al Gore or John Kerry had changed the facts of a story they told forever in order to appeal to whatever swing state they were speaking in? John McCain is getting killed on Steeler fan forums for claiming that when he was a P.O.W. he would tell his interrogators the names of the starting defensive line of the Steelers. The actual story in his book had to do with Green Bay Packers offensive line. Also, the famous Steelers defensive line that McCain was trying to refer to (Mean Joe, L.C. etc.) didn't become famous until after McCain was out of Vietnam. The actual Steelers front four McCain could have referred to, according to one the Steeler fan forum that is crushing McCain on this comment today: "When McCain became a prisoner of war, the Steelers front four consisted of Ken Kortas, Chuck Hinton, Ben McGee and Lloyd Voss." Not exactly household names.

Speaking as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, I can say now that McCain has lost my vote. OK, well, he never had my vote, but if he had my vote up 'til now...

Y'know, Al Gore never actually claimed to have invented the Internet. But McCain actually did share this casual, lazy fib. What does it say about a man who is able to lie so easily when the lie can so easily be revealed? Memo to Dan Savage: can you make a big stink about this the way only you know how to make a big stink?

An authentic drunken referee would fall over if he tried walking like that wouldn't he?

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I feel suddenly empowered to move markets.

i see there's another full post over a supposed obama gaffe.

i would think presidential politics + health care + women's reproductive rights would merit some attention and OUTRAGE on ye olde slog.

alas. even here, when McCain does it, it's not worth a mention.

i see a supposed obama gaffe gets a full post.

i would think presidential politics + health care + women's reproductive rights + lying would rate a mention.

but alas, even here on ye olde slog, when McCain does it, it doesn't rate a mention.

It's true!

Angry old man? If you survived Vietnam, and had your house hit by a car, I'd say you're completely justified in being an angry old man. In fact, anyone 60 and above has pretty much earned the right to be as angry and irascible as they want.

chops: meltdown? really? Because he didn't want to discuss the issue? Important topic, okay, but not exactly front burner stuff. I don't think it's fair to castigate him for not being prepared on the spot to discuss a vote from 5 years ago. And then kos blames it on his age. spin spin spin spin spin I'm getting dizzy.

your campaign co-chair says you're for it, but you voted against it. simple question: what do you think today? change your mind?

i won't answer until someone tells me what i should think. i don't really know what my position is.

would obama get away with this kind of response? no way. someone would want to cut his nuts off for about a week's worth of the news cycle.

but it's okay for mccain. he's a doddering old maverick straight talker. we can let it go.

No, wait, maybe not.