China's totally trustworthy official news agent reported on their glorious, successful space launch. Unfortunately the launch hadn't happened yet.

Knowing a good idea when they see it, McCain's election team started running ad declaring "McCain won the debate-- hands down." several hours before the debate.

I was originally just going to post the China story, but the coincidence is too excellent.

McCain committed to appearing on Letterman. He called to beg off, saying he needed to race back to Washington to help with the economic crisis. Instead, he went three blocks away and recorded a interview with Katie Couric. What the hell was he thinking?

John McCain.
He keeps his word.
Unless a better option comes along.