Nice Timing, Johnny Boy

So John McCain’s had himself a busy Friday.  In addition to finally releasing his medical records (he’s cancer free…for now), the Republican candidate has publicly refuted his pastor, John Hagee, a man who very recently made the claim that Hitler was fulfilling God’s will.

It’s shady as hell for a candidate to make such medical information public on the Friday before a holiday weekend.  He’s an old, old, crusty-ass old man, as such we’re entitled to know exactly how close to death he is, especially since whoever he chooses as his running mate has a better chance of getting a 3am phone call–”President McCain keeled over into his bowl of soup and now your finger’s on the trigger, Vice President Romney”–than Obama and his youth and his basketball skillz.

Equally disheartening is McCain’s rebuttal of a controversial preacher he’s aligned himself with.  Given the Jeremiah Wright rigmarole America’s been through already (to say nothing of what we’ve got in store come national campaign time), it seems hypocritical to say the least for McCain to be so flippant about his own pastor’s controversial comments.

I guess he’s too busy gassing up the Straight Talk Express at $5 a gallon to notice that Americans deserve better.