It’s not a simple gaffe when it never happened before and now it’s happening all the time. It’s not a simple gaffe when it’s your signature issue. This is like confusing Spain and Latin America. It’s something so basic, especially to someone with an expertise in the area, that it’s looking increasingly indicative of McCain’s failing mental acuity. Senility, dementia? We don’t know because the corporate media thinks it’s impolite to ask. Yes, impolite to ask if our possible future president during war time is losing part of his mind.