Sentence of the day.

Or possibly the year, from the invaluable Gore Vidal:

October proved to be the cruelest month, for that was the time that Sen. McCain, he of the round, blank, Little Orphan Annie eyes, chose to try out a number of weird lies about Barack Obama ostensibly in the interest of a Republican Party long overdue for burial.

Truthdig – Reports – John McCain in the Echo Chamber.