McCain's Race Card

About a week ago (I know, I'm slow on the news cycles...) John McCain jumped on Barack Obama for "playing the race card," by saying that the people running against him will point out Obama's differences from the guys you see on the dollar bills. Now, it might not be a fair accusation, but on the other hand, the McCain campaign moved pretty fast to highlight this remark of Obama's.

The main point here, though, is that while Obama may be trying to turn his racial identity into an advantage, John McCain has a race card that he can play every day, without having to say a word: he's white. That's all the race card he needs.