In one of the most inane statements ever heard on the Sunday Morning talk circuit, Senator John McCain outlined his stance on the Dubai port deal:

I think our priorities are misplaced… We’ve got some very, very big issues that I think are perhaps more important than whether a country that’s freer than China should have control of some of our terminals.

So if a country is marginally freer than China (and that is certainly a debatable point about the UAE) we should hand them the keys to our country? Does McCain care about our security at all?

Think Progress does the research and comes up with some other countries that are ranked as “freer” than China by Freedom House: Iran, the Congo, Cote d’Iviore, and Rwanda.

This is simply a pander to Bush. Behind the scenes, every potential 2008 presidential candidate is staffing up and President Bush is in a position to push key staff either to or away from a particular candidate. McCain needs Bush and those enthralled by his cult of personality to build a GOP base. McCain is more than happy to sacrifice American security to increase his chances in 2008.