Who is Bud Day?

Well, we know this about Bud Day:

Day, who lives in Pensacola, was part of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that smeared former Democratic nominee John Kerry's war record in 2004. McCain, who spearheaded major campaign finance reforms, has criticized so-called 527 groups that are not regulated by election laws and can raise unlimited money for attack ads. But Day said: "The bottom line is this: 527 groups can do very effective, truthful things, and the Swift Boat attack was totally truthful.''

But, surely only McCain speaks for McCain, right?

Wrong.

This was a conference call organized by the McCain campaign.

Bud Day is mentioned 143 times on John McCain's website.

This Swiftboat slimeball was trotted out by the McCain campaign as recently as June 30 to smear Wes Clark.

John McCain feels that it's appropriate to have bigoted Swiftliars who want to declare war on over a billion people speaking for him.

That speaks volumes about John McCain.

UPDATE II: The McCain campaign just endorsed Bud Day's comments.

John McCain wants to declare war on the entire Muslim faith. He is a dangerous radical and war-monger. He's worse than Bush.