Goddammit, John McCain. For someone who is, or was apparently, hesitant to cite your Vietnam experience…

Preceding this election, there was a fairly wide-ranging belief that McCain was hesitant to use his POW experience in a political context. The Senator himself, during the 2004 election, said he was “sick and tired of re-fighting” the Vietnam War.

“It’s offensive to me, and it’s angering to me that we’re doing this,” he said. “It’s time to move on.”

…you sure are doing a heckuva job of it now.

• “POW” as an excuse as to why you cheated on your first wife
• “POW” as an excuse as to why you offered your current wife up as Ms Buffalo Chip
• “POW” as an excuse as to why you needn’t follow the stated rules in the Rick Warren forum.
• And now, “POW” as a strawman in this latest flap over your inability to quantify how many houses you own.

Wave the bloody shirt around much more, McCain, and you’re gonna need a god-damned tampon.

So, they’ve announced keynote themes for the convention days.

• Wednesday, the day the Veep candidate speaks, will have a partial focus on veterans’ issues
• The theme is entitled “Securing America’s Future”
• An interesting graphic (and for that matter, domain name), over at an established PAC.