McCain Advisor Thinks Another Attack on US will Help Their Campaign

That John McCain really knows how to pick'em. John McCain's chief advisor, Charlie Black, apparently thinks another attack on the U.S. would be a good thing for their campaign.

On national security McCain wins. We saw how that might play out early in the campaign, when one good scare, one timely reminder of the chaos lurking in the world, probably saved McCain in New Hampshire, a state he had to win to save his candidacy - this according to McCain's chief strategist, Charlie Black. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December was an "unfortunate event," says Black. "But his knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who's ready to be Commander-in-Chief. And it helped us." As would, Black concedes with startling candor after we raise the issue, another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. "Certainly it would be a big advantage to him," says Black.

He then quickly apologized.

Black, interviewed by reporters as he stood outside McCain's fundraiser, said: "I deeply regret the comments. They were inappropriate. I recognize that John McCain has devoted his entire adult life to protecting his country and placing its security before every other consideration.

I am not sure what is worse that McCain's top advisor sees a terrorist attack on the U.S. as a good thing in any capacity or that McCain is so incompetant in choosing people to run things.