Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain, that is:

Tuesday morning seemed to bring the debut of yet another McCain-Obama flap – this time, Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama.

As she introduced her husband John McCain, the likely Republican nominee, at a campaign event, Cindy McCain told the crowd I “am proud of my country. I don’t know about you, if you heard those words earlier — I am very proud of my country.”

The comment seemed to be a response to a remark from Michelle Obama the day before. On Monday, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told a Wisconsin audience that “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country, because it feels like hope is making a comeback… not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.”

A couple of thoughts come to mind:

• Samuel Johnson had something to say about such banal platitudes.
  
• So did Mark Twain.
  

Maybe next CNN can wow us with some ace reporting on how a couple of kids at Mt. Spurr Elementary fought over a red bouncy ball at recess in 1980. It’d be at least as important as this story, and certainly more interesting.

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