Jonah, the young lady has now confessed to making up the story and is facing charges.

As Talleyrand would say, this is worse than a crime; it’s a mistake. This McCain volunteer’s fake hate crime will get more coverage than a real assault would have.

Congratulations to Michelle Malkin, whose instinct for these things is very impressive. I regret that I was among those (while being interviewed on the radio yesterday, and having not seen the dubious pictures) who took the story at, so to speak, face value.