Throw 'Em Out

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Regular readers of Charles Oliver's Brickbats have already seen this, but in case you missed it:

Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, told a New Hampshire veterans group that members of MoveOn should bethrown out of the country for producing an ad attacking Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq. McCain's staff later said the presidential candidate merely meant that such ads had no place in the political debate.

CBS has the video, where McCain clearly says "MoveOn.org ought to be thrown out of this country." If he had a record of angry self-aggrandizement or muzzling political speech this might be troubling.

Matt Welch on McCain here and here.