John McCain gives us another example -- with his humor -- of thoughts that rumble through his soul. Apparently, he finds it amusing that US cigarette imports to Iran kills them, and that's, to his way of thinking, a good thing.

Maybe this was just a stupid joke. Or, perhaps at least as likely, McCain harbors ill-will toward the Iranian people. We can't know, although I suspect the truth is something closer to the latter.

Gaffes often give us a window into the soul of the gaffer. This unfunny joke does not indicate to me a person stable enough to have his hands on the nuclear football. Regardless, this off-the-cuff remark does not speak well of a man who would be president.

(H/T Tom DiLorenzo)

-RC