Today is John Lennon's birthday. I know this because when I was a boy, in the 60s, I read every Beatle book there was and learned every ridiculous fact there was to learn, as well as the non-ridiculous facts. I even know Ringo's birthday, but no, I'm not going to name it. Anyway, he'd have turned 68 today.
Word is that the McCain campaign is going to commemorate the event by linking Obama to Lennon's radical-chic phase. Yeah, sure, he says he was 11. He says he was in Hawaii. Likely stories.
Meanwhile, enjoy this boffo performance, from the David Frost show in 1968:
