Still A Coward, John McCain Needs Context

John McCain continues with his cowardly refusal to stand up to hate:

QUESTION: The chair of the Republican Party in Virginia has said, quote, in Time magazine, "both Barack Obama and Osama Bin Laden have friends that have bombed the Pentagon. That is scary." Is that appropriate for a state party chair to be saying?

MCCAIN: "I have to look at the context of his remarks. I have always repudiated any comments that have been made that were inappropriate about Senator Obama.

McCain is afraid to stand up to the ugliness and hate that his own campaign is whipping up, terrified that he'll alienate the only group still firmly in his Palin's corner. Which brings us to a poster that was proudly waved during his speech earlier today:

Did he stand up to the mob and repudiate this? In a word, no. Apparently it needed more context.