It’s becoming less and less frequent this election cycle, but I have to say I agree with McCain’s recent response to concerns over his rendition of “Bah Bah Bah, Bah Bomb Iran”:

“Please, I was talking to some of my old veterans friends,” he told reporters. “My response is, Lighten up and get a life.”

Some crazy dude at a campaign rally asks a potentially embarrassing, very angry question about the US sending an “airmail message to Tehran” and McCain responds by making a quick joke about the Beach Boys before going on to give a relatively sober answer about protecting our interests in the mid-east, Isreal in particular. The only thing reckless in the whole exchange is the crazy dude’s crazy question; McCain’s response made no reference to bombing Iran, thus directly contradicting the question’s premise, funny song notwithstanding.

Freaking out about this joke is the liberal equivalent of throwing a fit over John Edwards and his $400 haircut.