Honesty is the best policy?

Honesty is rarely the best policy in politics as John McCain's aide found out much to his chagrin and perhaps to the detriment of his future employment opportunities.

In a refreshingly candid interview with Fortune Magazine good old Chuck revealed that while the assassination of Benazir Bhutto was an 'unfortunate event' it helped McCain's primary campaign and musing that another attack on American soil would 'be an advantage' to McCain.

Hmmm....

Things not to say in the national media? Perhaps Chuck missed the memo.

Interestingly it seems he has not been kicked to the curb in record time, apparently casting national disaster as positive political strategy in public is just not cricket, but not as bad as calling HRC a monster or being an outspoken (black?) man of god...


What I love though is this article in the Washington Post, where both Chuck and a campaign spokeswoman, Jill Hazelbaker repeat exactly the same phrase:

'Charlie deeply regrets his comments. They were inappropriate and he recognizes that the candidate we work for has devoted his entire adult life to putting protecting his country and placing its security before every other consideration," said Campaign Spokeswoman Jill
Hazelbaker. Black told reporters in California exactly the same thing, according to the Associated Press: "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 love the smell of sincerity in the morning.