Last week Presidential Wacky-Brother Hopeful Joe McCain, in his quest to be the new Billy Carter, called 911 to complain about traffic. According to the Washington Post:

Joe McCain, 66, said he was stepping aside to avoid becoming a liability for the Arizona senator before the Nov. 4 election.

This is where we insert a comment about the barndoor and the horse.

In an interview yesterday, he described the 911 call as “the biggest mistake I will ever make in my life, at least in politics” and said he thought he had hung up the phone before uttering an expletive.

So tying up 911 wasn’t the problem, in his view? And, despite the fact that he was conversing with the 911 operator, he now claims, “I swear to you, I never, ever meant to say those words to a live voice. . . . The truth is, I had no idea there was anybody on the other end of the phone.”

Say it ain’t so, Joe! We’re gonna miss you.