Gramm Off Team McCain

clipped from www.reuters.com Phil Gramm, an economic adviser to Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, resigned from his campaign on Friday in the fallout over his comment that the United States had become a "nation of whiners." "To end this distraction and get on with the real debate, I hereby step down as co-chair of the McCain campaign and join the growing number of rank-and-file McCain supporters," Gramm said.

This whole thing has been typical of McCain's campaign. Days after it happened, McCain finally acted. For a while, there were rumors that Gramm had been fired -- which McCain just let float out there. Then, for about five minutes, Gramm was forgiven and back on (WaPo described his role as "reduced").

Now, days and days after the problem first popped up, McCain finally deals with it. Mr. Experience doesn't seem to be able to find the starter on the executive decision machine.