OK, perhaps a bit unfair, but read this post at TPM that goes over what that ginormous building was behind John McCain yesterday. It turns out it’s a middle school in North Hollywood, CA called Walter Reed Middle School.

(pause)

OK, so, there may be a good reason why he spoke in front of a middle school… but apparently I wasn’t the only one who thought immediately of Walter Reed Army Medical Center when I saw the name. One has to wonder if someone screwed up searching a stock photo library.

If they really did get the wrong Walter Reed (and it’s still an if), what does that say about how incompetent they are? Keep in mind that a lot of the senior staffers overseeing the campaign could end up in positions of responsibility inside the White House. This was the most important single speech of the campaign and no one checked the background? More importantly, McCain has been to Walter Reed AMC before. I’m assuming some of his staff has (campaign staff aren’t allowed in, though) as well. No one noticed?

Um, OK.

Hopefully there’s a simple explanation (it’s the centerpiece of his 2 sentence education plan or TPM has identified the wrong building) because, like Josh Marshall, I can’t believe they would screw up something so basic.