John McCain appeared on "Fox News Sunday" this morning and was compelled to answer some surprisingly candid questions from anchor Chris Wallace. Wallace at one point asked McCain about V.P. Pick Sarah Palin's foreign policy experience and Mc Cain responded that Palin had been a member of the PTA!! This is no joke, and it is the most nonsensical response I can imagine. Here's the clip from the Fox interview:

"WALLACE: But Senator, you talked about her years of experience. Ten of those years were as a city councilwoman and mayor of a town of 9,800 people. And in terms of foreign policy, in March of 2007, after — two months after the surge had started, she was asked about it, and she said, “I’ve been focused on state government. I haven’t focused on the war in Iraq.” Understandable for a governor; not understandable for a vice president.

MCCAIN: Well, by the way, also she was a member of the PTA. I think it’s wonderful. But the point is she’s been to Kuwait. She’s been over there. She’s been with her troops. The National Guard that she commands, who had been over there and had the experience. I’m proud of her knowledge of these challenges and issues."

The full transcript from the Fox web site is here:

http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/08/31/mccain-talks-palin-on-fox-new...

I'm a member of the PTA, too, but that doesn't qualify ME to be Vice President.

The entire interview is beyond belief. John McCain is exhibiting the worst possible judgment here or, even worse, he is acting as no more than a mouthpiece for his Republican handlers and those in his party hell-bent on keeping the White House at all costs. Sensibility and good policy be damned, the straight talker appears to be saying, as long as it gets him elected President.

It is incumbent upon all Americans to pay close attention to this election. The choice is becoming crystal clear: Barack Obama and Joe Biden are EARNING their way to the White House thanks to sensible policies that truly address the needs of ordinary Americans while John McCain will say and do anything, and I mean ANYTHING, in his quest to become President.