Yesterday’s joint McCain-Palin interview with Catie Couric inspired this drawing. Hoping to overwrite memories of Palin’s terrifyingly inept performance before Couric last week, McCain shows up as the defensive daddy. Watch him bristle at Couric’s questioning, and obliquely refer to her as a “quote: expert.” Palin beams with relief and gratitude when McCain intervenes on her behalf, repeating one of his phrases (“pizza place”) under her breath like it just clarified for her the whole crazy situation.

More than anything else, it gave me an image of an aggrieved parent-student meeting in a principal’s office.