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Jim Geraghty speculates that John McCain is denouncing the North Carolina GOP's Reverend Wright ad to make sure it gets more attention. He gets to take the high road while also benefiting from the ad's content. Maybe. But I imagine the ad would have gotten some national attention when the usual suspects piled on, with or without any cleverness on the part of McCain.
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