Gotta say this one made me smile and giggle just a little. :P

McCain hoisted by his own campaign finance petard

Well, well, well:

The nation’s top federal election official told Sen. John McCain yesterday that he cannot immediately withdraw from the presidential public financing system as he had requested, a decision that threatens to dramatically restrict his spending until the general election campaign begins in the fall.

The prospect of being financially hamstrung by the very fundraising system he helped create is the latest in a series of bitter challenges for the presumed GOP nominee, who still faces a fractured conservative coalition as he assumes the mantle of party leadership.

The warning from the FEC campaign after McCain launched his Silky-like fund-raising appeal in the wake of the NYT attack:

Within hours of the article’s publication, McCain sought to turn it to his advantage, sending out a fundraising appeal decrying the “baseless attacksâ€