As has been widely reported James Carville (he of Clinton stratergizing) came out in defense of John McCain in saying that he was too honorable to have known about the ridiculous Obama kindergarten ad.
The ad - this season's version of the 1988 Willie Horton ad - charges that Obama wants to teach kindergarten children sex education when in fact he sponsored legislation to teach children how to identify sexual predators. It is ludicrous in its interpretation of the facts in an obvious attempt to scare people into thinking Obama is a superfreak Liberal.
But, to stay on point, what the feazy is Carville talking about?
First, if you put your name on something you might want to watch it and approve it before it goes out the door. At worst McCain believes the salacious attacks will get him elected; at best McCain has no control over his staff. Neither trait sounds like the kind we'd like in a President.
Second, the bill that was signed into law to force a candidate to take responsibility for ads aimed at another candidate was called the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act - AKA the McCain-Feingold Act. I'm going to go out on a limb and say if you sponsored the bill then maybe, just maybe, you are fully aware of these rules.
Ignorance is not an excuse. Time to take some personal responsibility. McCain should know about these ads which is tantamount to agreement. The alternative is incompetence.