This morning in an interview with John McCain on Today, Meredith Viera reasonably enough pointed out that, while McCain has been railing against golden parachutes for CEOs, his adviser and surrogate Carly Fiorina received a $40-million-plus severance package when she was fired from H-P.

McCain said he didn’t know anything about Fiorina’s compensation, but was back at it soon after, railing against golden parachutes at a rally later this morning: