I was offline most of the day. So I didn't see this McCain/flak jacket ridiculousness in real time. 'Flak' without the 'c' is the spelling I know for 'flak jacket' or 'catching flak'. But as Greg Sargent notes here, Websters' says they're both acceptable spellings. But really, who cares how it's spelled since, My God, the candidate doesn't spell-check the press release.

That makes McCain's criticism so mind-boggling silly and juvenile that it breaks new ground even for those of us who've grown painfully accustomed to his now apparently permanent decline.