If Team Obama didn’t want to do any town hall meetings with McCain, you would think they would have the decency to just come out and say so. Instead, proposing to do one on July 4 looks silly. Is there any other date on the calendar where Americans will pay less attention?

Let me guess, the Obama campaign’s next counterproposal will be Tuesday night up against the NBA finals, the night of the Olympics Gymnastics Finals in August, 1 p.m. Eastern on the Sunday of NFL’s opening weekend in September, and any night of the World Series in October.