In an increasingly rare moment of candor, the McCain campaign today released its new campaign song, "Yesterday":
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly, I'm not half to man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she had to do an interview I don't know, she wouldn't say
She said everything wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday, telling the truth was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Mm mm mm mm mm.
(with apologies to Paul McCartney and John Lennon)
{Historian Robert S. McElvaine is Elizabeth Chisholm Professor of Arts & Letters at Millsaps College. His latest book is Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America 
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