[T]he campaign of Senator John McCain on Tuesday unveiled a new television advertisement claiming that [Senator Barack] Obama, the Democratic nominee, favors “comprehensive sex education” for kindergarten students [referring to a 2003 sex education bill proposed in the Illinois legislature, which Mr. Obama supported]...[T]he main objective of the legislation, as it pertained to kindergarteners [was] to teach them how to defend themselves against sexual predators.

In comments Wednesday, McCain campaign chief strategist Steve Schmidt explained the logic of opposition to such a bill. “Look, it couldn’t be simpler: a McCain-Palin administration will support abstinence-only sex education, because if you don’t teach teens about sex, then they won’t have sex. Obviously. By the same logic, if we don’t teach our children about sexual abuse, then they can’t be sexually abused.  So the real question is, why do Senators Obama and Biden want your children to be sexually abused? Right? Because that’s the real question.”

Mr. Schmidt went on to explain Sen. McCain and Governor Palin’s opposition to teaching our kids about obesity—"it makes them fat"—about pooping their pants—"it makes them poop their pants"—and about earthquakes—"it causes earthquakes”.

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