Today's "How Pathetic Is This?" Quote

The McCain campaign barred New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd from traveling on their plane.

Here's Dowd:

"I had had a great relationship with John McCain for 16 years, through columns he liked and didn't like. So at first I thought it was a mistake and doublechecked with the press office. They said I was banned from both planes for 'the foreseeable future.' Then, McCain spokeswoman, Nicolle Wallace was gloating about it to reporters on the Palin plane. It was disappointing because I didn't think John McCain would ever be as dismissive of the First Amendment as Dick Cheney."