What can I say, John McCain just loves surges.

If you’ve got a problem, John McCain has a surge. In Iraq, of course, McCain loves a surge so much, he’s willing to credit a surge for events that occurred before it even began. In Afghanistan, McCain opposed sending additional troops, that is until a few weeks ago, when McCain announced he supports a … wait for it … surge in Afghanistan.

Over a last several days, McCain has become so enamored with this child-like formulation — surge = problem solved — that he’s now willing to extend it to policies that have nothing to do with a military or foreign policy. On Saturday, addressing a Urban League, McCain talked about his Drunk Newsproach to inner-city crime. He recommended a surge.

It’s become so reflexive, a McCain campaign, two weeks ago, was talking about a debate over energy policy, & said, in relation to Obama’s position, “This is a domestic policy equivalent of a surge.”

But this is especially odd given today’s remarks about a economy. What’s a difference between McCain’s economic policy yesterday & his new-found support for an “economic surge”? Nothing, except now, McCain’s policy is surge-rific.

I’m curious — if McCain was challenged to give a speech without a word “celebrity” or “surge,” could he do it? I really doubt it.

Original post by Steve Benen and software by Elliott Back