John Sidney McCain

What if Saddam's middle name had been Edward?

Saddam Edward Hussein.

I have a feeling the taunting children's game currently played by the Right wouldn't have moved much past "one potato, two potato...you are not IT" as Barack Edward Obama just doesn't roll of the Republican tongue with the same heat-seeking missile intent.

Despite the feigned innocence professed by GOP surrogates and Rapid Responders for McCain who throw their hands up in mock dismay, citing the use of John Fitzgerald Kennedy or Franklin Delano Roosevelt as their three-name-explanation well, call me crazy, but I don't hear John Sidney McCain used all that often.

Best strategy? The same my mom offered me when the kid-politics grew too intense in the neighborhood.

Consider the source.

Speaking of which, take a peek at the crowds rallying on the McCain-Palin ticket.