McCain Wants Senate to Apologize for Slavery

Senator and GOP candidate for president John McCain told The Examiner Wednesday that he supports a planned resolution by fellow GOP Senator Sam Brownback to apologize for slavery. Presumably, McCain was too busy helping Brownback draft the resolution to show up to the candidates' forum at historically black Morgan State University in September.

From the same article:

"They were federal policies," Brownback told the Boston Globe on Monday. "They were wrong. The only way for us to move forward . . . is at the end of the day acknowledging those, taking ownership for it, and asking for forgiveness."

Set aside for the moment the unfortunate word choice "taking ownership", just who is this legislation aimed at? Am I a bad guy for doubting the sincerity of this move? OK, maybe Brownback and McCain really, really wanted to pass this in 2006 but just didn't have the votes.

Well, whatever the case, what a wonderful opportunity. The Senate gets forgiveness, slavery can finally be acknowledged, and all of the members of the permanent underclass that slavery created get...to know that their senators can finally get a good night's sleep.