John McCain and Lindsey Graham are ferociously opposing the idea of Susan Rice being named Secretary of State. Turns out Rice has strong ties to the company that wants to build the Keystone pipeline. Why are McCain and Graham opposed to the Keystone pipeline? (I apologize in advance to the sarcasm-challenged.)

While we’re at it: McCain and Graham say Rice isn’t qualified to lead the Secretary of State because of statements–which everyone agrees were in error–made a few days after the Benghazi attacks. Statements she based on intelligence information she was given.

Let’s go back ten years ago. McCain and Graham both trumpeted the need to invade Iraq because Saddam Hussein, they insisted, was building weapons of mass destruction. They based this on years and years of intelligence assessments–not information based on an event a few days beforehand. Assessments which proved to be in error.

So, using their own barometer, on what basis are McCain and Graham qualified to lead, if they were so wrong in misleading the country into a war which has cost thousands of American lives, and ten of thousands of Iraqi lives?

Or does a different set of rules apply to McCain and Graham?

Seriously, guys, just back off from this petty, petty witchhunt.

McCain, of course, picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, so his assessment of women’s leadership capabilities shouldn’t be questioned.