Quote of the Day: Brad DeLong on Joe Klein's Removal from the McCain Campaign Press Pool

Brad DeLong puts it very eloquently:

I would advise every reporter covering the McCain campaign that their only road to having a career in journalism in the future is to write something that gets them thrown off the plane.

Given the outright, serial lying the McCain campaign has engaged in, I think this is about right.

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