Someone from the McCain camp must have had a pretty stern talk with former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger. He just went on Fox with a bracingly abject apology for saying that Sarah Palin wasn't qualified to be vice president. So abject in fact that I must say that it had something of the feel of one of the Maoist self-criticism sessions or perhaps one of the public apologies during the Moscow show trials.

Some hyperbole, yes. But, believe me, not much. We'll have the video shortly.

Late Update: Confess!