We’ve already had a number of threshold moments in John McCain’s on-going descent into ignominy. But surely this has to be another. John McCain just hired Tucker Eskew, the guy in charge of sliming him back in South Carolina in 2000. Apparently, he’ll be in charge of prepping Sarah Palin for her role as McCain’s running mate — which, when you think about it, may be McCain’s ultimate payback.

As Eric Kleefeld just quipped, what is he gonna do? Accuse Barack Obama of fathering two black children?