Question the Timing: McCain Had Advance Knowledge of Colombian Hostage Rescue

It's McCain's July surprise. By the end of the weekend, the nutroots will have this a full-blown conspiracy.

Mr. McCain said that he and his traveling companions -- Senators Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, and Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut – had been informed by Mr. Uribe on Tuesday evening in Cartagena that the Colombian government planned to try on Wednesday to rescue a number of hostages, including the Americans, Thomas Howes, Marc Gonsalves and Keith Stansell. All three were military contractors who were abducted in 2003 in Colombia when their plane went down.

The talks about the planned rescue, which Mr. Lieberman described as detailed, delayed the start of a news conference on Tuesday that Mr. McCain held with Mr. Uribe outside the presidential retreat in Cartagena. In the news conference, Mr. McCain gave no hint of what he had just learned, although he mentioned the American hostages and praised Mr. Uribe’s efforts to battle FARC.

The fact Joe Lieberman is along for the ride will no doubt send the Kos Kidz over the edge.

Update: Well, that didn't take long. Figures it was an MSNBC moron. Behold the breathless stupidity.