Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) defends McCain’s bizarre ad that falsely claims that Obama went to play basketball instead of visiting injured troops, or some such thing. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell was there in Afghanistan with Obama, says it isn’t true, and finds the ad’s false allegations “inexplicable.”

Now watch this, seriously – watch it:

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NOTE FROM JOHN: We’ve been harsh on Andrea Mitchell for being a key player in the phony Wesley Clark brouhaha, but on this one, she did her job, and then some. She was there in Afghanistan with Obama. She personally knows that McCain’s ad is a lie. So what did she do? She went public and told us what she knew. She didn’t play the he-said-she-said garbage that far too many Washington journalists enjoy, nor did she didn’t regurgitate a lie she knew to be untrue. She called McCain on his lie because she had personal facts that were relevant. This is what we keep asking the media to do. Be fair. Tell us what you know. Don’t just repeat the other guy’s lies when you know them to be false. Mitchell did a great job here, she did HER job here, and we thank her for it.