just thinking of Biden's comments about Giuliani the other day, and how something similar could be said about McCain and his surrogates.

Unfortunately, I don't agree that people are starting to see through the POW references, and the Obama campaign has hamstrung itself by declaring that all references to this time in McCain's life must be spoken of in reverential tones. Thus, people have come to accept that McCain's POW status is a very good quality. Had the Obama campaign gone with Clark's contention, and started hammerng home the refrain that being a POW doesn't prepare you for the Presidency, then this positive association could have been weakened (insert mandatory clause about how we all value McCain's service here - or don't).