I Guess This Is Experience You Can Xerox

The Political Insider Blog has posted passages from the Wikipedia article on Georgia, passages that closely mirror John McCain's statement regarding the ongoing conflict. The best example they present is this:

After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Georgia had a brief period of independence as a Democratic Republic (1918-1921), which was terminated by the Red Army invasion of Georgia. Georgia became part of the Soviet Union in 1922 and regained its independence in 1991. Early post-Soviet years was marked by a civil unrest and economic crisis. (Wikipedia)

vs.

After a brief period of independence following the Russian revolution, the Red Army forced Georgia to join the Soviet Union in 1922. As the Soviet Union crumbled at the end of the Cold War, Georgia regained its independence in 1991, but its early years were marked by instability, corruption, and economic crises. (McCain)

The McCain campaign has denied the plagiarism charge, but they refuse to rule-out the possibility that Wikipedia was consulted during the authoring of the statement. While this is an amusing aside, it's hard to see how this will generate even remotely the same buzz that the Obama/Deval Patrick plagiarism charge did back in February. The media tends not to treat McCain the same way when it comes to these "silly season" scandals, and if you think that arguing media bias in McCain's favor is preposterous, just sit back and watch.