McCain Campaign: "We meant to do that!"

As McCain droned on about his POW experience and co-opted the Obama campaign's message of change, a powerful image of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, which has famously cared for so many wounded military men and women (and infamously ignored many others) served as his backdrop. Oh wait, that's not the WRAMC in Virginia! That's Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, California!

It could have been worse. That poor staffer could have used another of the many Google images she collected while surfing for a suitable tableau, like this one of the little cabin that Walter Reed was born in (right)-

This is the place (left) that they meant to exploit, er... use to underscore their proprietary, arrogant attitude and specious contention that they are the "real" patriots. Someone's getting fired.

The principal of Walter Reed Middle School, Donna Tobin, released a statement on the school's website saying that the school had not given permission for the footage to be used, "nor is the use of our school’s picture an endorsement of any political party or view."