The Manchurian candidate

I find the Republican meme that Obama is some kind of Manchurian candidate really amusing. Think about it for a minute. If anyone is likely to be the Manchurian candidate it's McCain. Just go back and think about the plot line in the movie. The Manchurian candidate was a POW who was tortured and then hypnotized by his captors to be under their control whenever they triggered the hypnotic response. Which of our two candidates was a POW? Which of our two candidates was tortured by his captors? ...