From the I don't know whether to laugh or cry file comes this item: the iconic Swedish band ABBA has rejected John McCain's request to use their opus 'Take a Chance on Me' as his campaign song.

Yes, you're absolutely right, that would be this song right here.

RedState slaps its crew-cut head, sniffs, scratches its crotch and declares

Is there anything less manly than this?

Candyass, he's a freaking war hero. The man was tortured by the Vietnamese. You write a blog. Notice the difference?

It's hard not to, at some level, feel sorry for McCain. The only reason he's using lyrics like...

Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best, baby cant you see
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me
(take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)

... in the first place is because his record isn't sufficiently wingnutty for the real wingnuts. Certainly, one of the more debasing forms of entertainment this cycle will be watching Saint John the Maverick groveling to his base.

Stay tuned. But yeah, change the soundtrack.