Yeah, he never used the Reverend Wright controversy directly but to even imply that the campaign he ran was honorable (this latest news story aside) is laughable, and the suggestion that McCain should for some reason get credit for not running this ad is even more so:
Even if the story here is to be believed about him never having seen this ad, since when do we give credit to people for not doing the wrong thing? Hey, I didn't punch a baby in the face today: give me a fucking medal! John McCain ran a fairly despicable campaign, doing and saying pretty much whatever he had to to win; if the best thing one can say about this is that he didn't quite sink to the lowest common denominator possible as a result, it doesn't really say much that's positive at all about the race he ran or the man himself.
[Update: a reader at The Daily Dish has similar thoughts:
I have contended that McCain took Wright off the table to somehow convince people, even himself, that he wouldn't sell his soul to win an election. He felt he could say things like "Senator Obama would rather lose a war than lose an election" and imply that Obama hangs around with terrorists. But as long as he didn't bring Wright into it, he hadn't gone too far. Now, by releasing this video, he confirms contention. This is McCain's way of saying "see, I could have done this, but I'm above it."]
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