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McCain's Brain Touts Benefits of Another Terror Attack

In an interview with Fortune magazine, McCain Campaign Chair, Charlie Black evoked the unthinkable. Black - a cunning political animal - dropped the terror attack bomb, claiming that another terror attack on the U.S. would be "a big advantage" to the McCain campaign.

When asked about this outrageous claim, Black conveniently forgot having made it. The candidate was equally tight-lipped, claiming ignorance of what his campaign brain had said. McCain did make a lame attempt to distance himself from his campaign brain. After refusing to acknowledge what Black was up to, McCain dismissed reporters and moved on to another question.

And what was Charlie Black up to?

Black is old political pro and rarely acts without an agenda. Like a lawyer trying to make a point with an objectionable question, Black knew he only had to plant a seed of doubt. The mere mention of another terror attack may get some voters to react out of fear - a tactic straight out of the Carl Rove playbook.

The claim was not an accident and Black knew the comment would reach a wide audience - without having to spend a dime. Free media time is invaluable to any campaign - especially to the McCain campaign. McCain has dug himself into a fundraising hole when compared to the Obama juggernaut of 1.5 million contributors.

McCain's Brain has long record of lobbying on behalf of an assortment of despots and political thugs. His lobbying firm was chummy with the Monster of Manila, Ferdinand Marcos at time when Marcos was brutally oppressing his political opposition.

If McCain has the brass, he will through Black under the Double Talk express. Black will have plenty of company as road kill on the campaign highway, joining the likes of Hagee and Rod Parsley. If McCain chooses not give Black a shove, he will have gone a long way towards driving the Double Talk Express off the moral high road.

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