You Have to Listen to the Notes She's Not Playing

The McCain campaign has an interesting point about Hillary Clinton's speech in support of Barack Obama's nomination last night. According to CNN, though Clinton made a ringing endorsement of Obama last night, "Sen. John McCain's campaign said she stopped short of saying that he is ready to lead the country." McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds underlines the point: "Nowhere tonight did she say that Barack Obama is ready to lead..."

Bounds continued, "Nowhere did she say that Barack Obama is not a Muslim with a radical preacher who hates America, nowhere did she say his weight isn't a problem, and nowhere did she say that the earth wasn't divinely created in 6 days -- 6 real days -- by an omniscient being who hates the gays and looks like a cross between Mel Gibson and President Taft."

Notably absent from the McCain campaign's comments is how Clinton made it abundantly clear that she thinks John McCain is not ready to lead and never will be.