The McCain camp got bollixed up twice on the Rev. Wright front today. First, McCain advisor Charlie Black said that this issue is “no harm, no foul,” since we shouldn’t hold candidates responsible for the views of their supporters. Well, that’s all well and good, but it’s not applicable here. The concern here is that Obama–who attended Rev. Wright’s church, was married by him, had his kids baptized by him, and held him up as a mentor–might embrace, or at least fail to recognize the toxicity of, Wright’s views. Then, the McCain camp apologized for sending around a Wall Street Journal column by Ronald Kessler explaining exactly this point. Aside from the fact that journalists should be able to find their own news stories, I see absolutely nothing wrong with this.

None of this, by the way, should distract from the remarkable lack of interest in this story from the mainstream media (imagine if McCain attended a church where the minister uttered these things) or Obama’s own apparent lack of concern that voters might react adversely to Wright’s noxious brand of anti-Americanism.