Looks like I have to take back what I said earlier about the Republicans' lack of enthusiasm for their party and its candidate. This afternoon Cindy McCain was taken to a Michigan hospital after being mauled by rabid supporters on a rope line…

She was shaking hands with supporters at a fund-raising luncheon with her husband in West Bloomfield when one supporter gripped one hand tightly and another gripped her other hand, causing a wrench in one of her arms, campaign officials said.

Luckily Mrs. McCain survived the attack (of love!) and was released from the hospital a little while ago.

But in the future, zealous political handshakers, please remember: the most appropriate way to express your enthusiasm for a candidate is by writing a check for $2,300.

Or, you know, however much you can get away with.