McCain has officially lost his mind

And the Death Watch of the McCain presidential candidacy continues. Fresh off a disappointing fund-raising quarter and plummeting poll number, McCain once again fired top campaign officials.

Now the Maverick tells us why all this misfortune has befallen him:

In the final days of his imploding candidacy, John McCain has taken a page out of Richard Nixon's play book, finding increasingly bizarre explanations for his political failures. Strangest of all: He reportedly feels his handlers forced him to wear "gay sweaters."

According to one insider, the knit-picking was the crescendo of a tirade by the Arizona senator, in which he blistered aides about the minutiae of the campaign. While many septuagenarians live in a perpetual state of sweater weather, McCain reportedly declared his frustration with being told to don the perceived homosexual outerwear in order to look younger and more approachable

So its not his incredibly unpopular positions on issues like the Iraq War and immigration that have done him in, its his outerwear. Trust me John, if you really let the gays dress you, this would never have happened.