Everyone agrees that razzing John McCain about his gay sweaters is quite hilarious. But is cracking wise about his busted grill crossing the line? The Minnesota Monitor thought about it for a second and decided no, definitely not. Hence this punchy item describing the Republican nominee's teeth as "piano-key chompers" and a "mess of yellowed and contorted Chiclets."

This turned out to be a great thing for Republican bloggers who love getting all outraged about stuff and hate George Soros, who is thought to finance the Monitor. They quickly pointed out that the post was especially tasteless since McCain had his teeth kicked in, literally, during his very unpleasant POW experience in Vietnam.

A sheepish editor subsequently sought to staunch the sanctimony by explaining that the paper was completely unaware of McCain's unfortunate dental history and were simply trying to josh about "a bit of web ephemera that we found funny mainly for its absurdity—sort of like the videos we've posted from Obama Girl, the McCain Girls, and La Pequena." "We're also sorry," the editor continued, "that this dust-up has inadvertently provided yet another sideshow in which genuinely important questions about the candidate and his campaign are circumvented." Radar of course agrees with this closing sentiment and reminds everyone that a new and far more substantive exploration of McCain's candidacy can be found here.