Letters to the Editor
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McCain's gamble
McCain and his allies believe that if the American public associates Iran with al Qaeda, it will support a (presumptively necessary) attack on Iran. Thus the project of war with Iran, desirable on its face and at any cost, drives a cynical view of public discourse according to which anything that one says to further the given outcome is justifiable.
And of course the press goes along with it for all the various reasons that we already understand.
So how do you counteract this? By attacking the process at the source — show that there is a cost to spinning this line, that a cynical view of the the electorate's poor memory and gullibility will backfire early and often, and that the more McCain lies the more his Democratic opponents will benefit.
Otherwise he won't stop, and it will eventually work.