Even if it's just a P.R. black eye, it's fun to think of Straight Talkin' John McCain--as he runs for president--facing a recall effort

From progressive activist and blogger Cliff Schecter comes this report:

Iraq War Vet Files Papers to Recall McCain

I've just heard from a source that there is an effort in place to recall John McCain in Arizona. The papers have been filed by an Iraq war veteran in Phoenix. His name is Leonard Clark and he refers to himself as "that damn liberal."

I also hear he is not just messing around, but deadly serious about getting "his comrades" safely out of a war that is "John McCain's attempt to fight Vietnam over again." I will be contacting him and updating you.

Will it go anywhere? We don't know yet. But I am told a signature-gathering effort is now set to begin.

As Cliff himself notes in a follow-up reply to a commenter, it does appear that only the Senate and House can remove one of their own once their election has been duly certified and the member seated (a lot of people have been looking into this since gullible Connecticut voters began to realize that Loco Joe Lieberman lied his putrid guts out to gull them into returning him to the Senate), it's at least an embarrassment, to put it mildly.