John McCain’s new ad highlights his courage as a POW but also tries to mix in faith… oddly: “A higher being”? Those words are toxic to the Republican base. They are akin to saying, “a great spiritual force” or “Shirley McClaine” or “a life force”. If he was trying to appear spiritual to religious conservatives he failed miserably. If he was trying to distance himself from them it was a very odd way to do it. An odd, odd commercial. [NOTE: ERROR, THIS WASN’T A MCCAIN CAMPAIGN “COMMERCIAL” – IT WAS A TRIBUTE BY A SUPPORTER]