It's all over but the shouting

This won't help him, but it might help us.

Sen. John McCain has long faced a backlash from some conservatives who fear that he's too “liberal” to be their choice for president.

What won't help matters is a YouTube clip bouncing around the internet that catches the Senator calling himself a "proud liberal Republican" during a town-hall meeting in Texas yesterday.

Ouch... that's gotta hoit.

Sure, McCain caught his (Freudian?) slip and instantly tried to rebound with a joke, but the damage has been done and the clip is out there.

Conservative media backlash in five, four, three...