If someone who is out of touch calls you out of touch does that mean you are actually in touch?

John Kerry, who’s served in the past as Obama’s heavy-hitter on national security, expressed incredulity at McCain’s remark this morning that the timing of troops return is “not too important.”

“It is unbelievably out of touch and inconsistent with the needs of Americans and particularly the families of troops who are over there. To them it’s the most important thing in the world when they come home,” he said. “It’s a policy for staying in Iraq.”

If someone who “actually did vote for the $87 billion before [he] voted against it” calls you confused does that mean you are actually thinking clearly?

Kerry and Obama aide Susan Rice also both said McCain is “confused” — a line some in McCain’s camp will surely take as a shot at the candidate’s age.

“He confuses who Iran is training, he confuses what the makeup of Al Qaeda is, he confuses the history going back to 682 of what has happened to Sunni and Shia,” Kerry said.

Senator Kerry, however, is making sure no one is confused about why he lost the 2004 election.