A Whiter Shade of Pale

Another Crack the Bell-esque GOP talking point:

"John McCain understands the concerns of minorities because some tortured him as a prisoner of war for five and a half years."

Today's Washington Post:

Only 36 of the 2,380 delegates seated on the convention floor are black, the lowest number since the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies began tracking diversity at political conventions 40 years ago. Each night, the overwhelmingly white audience watches a series of white politicians step to the lectern -- a visual reminder that no black Republican has served as a governor, U.S. senator or U.S. House member in the past six years.