McCainiacs

It's important to note right now that if John McCain were President instead of Barack Obama, and if the Republicans were in charge of foreign policy, we'd be playing right into Ahmedinejad's hands.

John McCain, the one who lost the last presidential election, has been very aggressive over the last 24 hours, demanding that President Obama do more to intervene in Iranian affairs. It's less clear how McCain wants to see his former rival do.

Yesterday, McCain told Fox News he expects to see the administration "act," because, "We are for human rights all over the world." This morning, McCain was on NBC's "Today" show, pushing some more, insisting that Obama "should speak out that this is a corrupt, flawed sham of an election and that the Iranian people have been deprived of their rights."

And also this morning, in an interview with ABC's Jake Tapper via Twitter, McCain said the White House should call for a new Iranian election. The Arizona Republican added, "USA always stands for freedom and democracy!! ... [I]f we are steadfast eventually the Iranian people will prevail."

Which would instantly become all the excuse Iran's regime would need to paint Mousavi and his supporters as puppets of the Great Satan.

Sometimes, things that happen in the world are not the fault of, nor determined solely by, the United States of America.