Missed It By That Much

Steve Benen, whose excellent blog is a must-read during this political silly season, has a nice piece up today about the "cone of silence" controversy from this past weekend's debate at Rick Warren's House of Faith and Pancakes (Crooks and Liars has also been following this story). Personally, I'm shocked at the suggestion that McCain's camp might have done something underhanded, but Benen takes a look at the ways in which Saint McCain has been using another "cone of silence"-- his military record-- for the last year, in order to smother prying questions.