John McCain’s campaign manager and chief strategist quit.

UPDATE: The body count is now up to five.

UPDATE II: The Baseball Crank suggests the sixth.

UPDATE III: The AP sez Sailor has sunk - amongst Republican voters - because of his steadfast support for the war!  I guess that means in their next story, Ron Paul will take his place as the new GOP “front-runner”!

Meanwhile, in other campaign news, Opie Edwards is going to give himself a mohawk with a weed-eater, paint his scalp orange, and still be out-masculined by Hillary! on the strength of the huge, Joker-like grin she’ll incur after a pre-emptory Enzyte regimen.

Seriously.  Check the wires.  A news service that recruits terrorists as journalistic sources wouldn’t make things up.

UPDATE IV: Quit the Senate to show he’s serious?  Yep, the surest way to get back in the good graces of the GOP base McCain’s been antagonizing this entire decade is to surrender another seat to the Democrats.  Besides, the gesture worked so well for Bob Dole, why not try to capture Viagra in a bottle twice, right?