Wikipedia for Veep

The political story of the day is that John McCain was caught plagiarizing Wikipedia in his latest speech, a primer on Georgia. When it became the duty of presidential candidates to offer fun facts about foreign countries I don't know, but McCain notes, in a similar style to Wikipedia, that Georgia was the very first Christian nation, and that Georgia regained its independence in 1991. For this, McCain is being pilloried with all the mirth liberals can muster. (None.)

But I think he's on to something. If there's one thing Wikipedia's founders and proponents stress, it's that it's good enough. Sure, there's sometimes vandalism or mistakes, but Wikipedia usually knows the score. Can John McCain say that? Can Barack Obama, for that matter? Wikipedia offers competence, gravity and mass appeal. If McCain is going to rely so heavily on it, he should do the honorable thing and make Wikipedia his running mate.