Is Obama a Socialist? McCain: 'I Don't Know. All I Know Is His Voting Record.'

(By Jim Geraghty/National Review Online) - A lot of my readers frequently lament, "McCain's too nice, McCain won't really go on the attack..."

Jab.

[McCain] also said Obama had the “most extreme” record in the Senate.

Asked later if he thought Obama was an extremist, McCain said: “His voting record … is more to the left than the announced socialist in the United States Senate, Bernie Sanders of Vermont.”

Does McCain think Obama is a socialist? “I don’t know. All I know is his voting record, and that’s what people usually judge their elected representatives by.”

If Team Obama objects, McCain can always say he was just trying to help him make a good impression on those folks who used to be called East Germans.