John McCain was the man with the shit-eatin' grin last night at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA.He flew into town after handily beating the Stormin' Mormon in Florida and then picked up the endorsement of America's Mayor for dinner before the debate.
After that, he was just playing with Mitt's head for the rest of the night.
In the last week, he's really got him rattled by continually pulling out a quote where Mitt talks around whether or not we should have timetables for withdrawing from Iraq.
McCain is clearly taking some liberties with the context in which the word was used, but it's telling as all hell how things like this can get under Romney's otherwise flawlessly-healthy skin. I saw flashes last night of the South Carolina debate when the same thing happened. Mitt, when faced with someone who keeps tweaking him really has a hard time masking his frustration.
(As another example, recall how bent out of shape he got when an AP reporter kept insisting last week that Romney had a "Washington lobbyist" as a honcho in his campaign.)
McCain, of course, just sits back with an incredibly self-satisfied face as Mitt tries to clean up the mess he made on the floor.
At the end of the day, unfortunately, Ron Paul summed up their argument most accurately. He pointed out that it's just two guys who essentially agree on Iraq arguing about technicalities for show.
Ron Paul is currently polling at 5%.
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