A Bit Embarrassed By The Left Today

Politics reared its head today. Pleas have been entered for two cousins who apparently started the absolutely-ginormous Wallow Fire last summer.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Two cousins charged with accidentally causing the largest wildfire in Arizona history have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges after reaching an agreement with prosecutors.

Caleb Malboeuf and David Malboeuf each face up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine after entering pleas Tuesday in federal magistrate court.

Today, Daily Kos remembered John McCain's comments last summer about illegals setting fires, and mocked him:

John McCain's Mexican arsonists turned out to be not-so-Mexican

I replied (in Daily Kos comments):

I think John McCain's comments may have been directed at the Monument fire, which was burning at the border in June, 2011, and not the Wallow or the Horseshoe 2 fires, which weren't. McCain deliberately stepped into the border controversies with his 'inflammatory' comments, so boo on him, but that's not say there aren't fire dangers created by illegals (among others, like militiamen) who set fires and light cigarettes in tinder-dry landscapes.

Ah, well! You know politics! Never fail to club your opponent, whether for reasons justified, or off-point, or not even related.

But frankly I'm surprised they caught anyone for starting the Wallow fire. How do you try to get justice for something like that?