Reaping the whirlwind

John McCain warns five years too late that liberating the Iraqi Shi'a increases Iran's influence in the Middle East. Then, just later today, he learns why.

Maybe he's been spending too much time on the Straight Talk Express kissing up to equally fact-free reporters when, I don't know, he should have been reading a briefing book.

This country could really use Prime Minister's question hour to weed out the unqualified dopes. Nah, that would be too late.