“You can’t associate yourself with a bunch of out of control loud mouths when you’re running for the White House.”
McCain’s campaign asked the “out of control loudmouth” to introduce McCain, and told the loudmouth get the crowd fired up by giving them “red meat.” The loudmouth then proceeded to do exactly as requested by McCain’s people. Then, when the MSM complained that the loudmouth wasn’t PC, McCain threw the loudmouth under the bus.
McCain doesn’t get to have it both ways. He doesn’t get to invite a known bomb-thrower to his rally, ask him to throw bombs, and then get upset when he does.
It also doesn’t help that the talk show host in question is enormously popular in Ohio, a must-win state for McCain.
So far, McCain and his campagin staff look like a bunch of amateurs. If they don’t smarten up, he’s going to lose, and lose big.
Obviously McCain didn't know what Cunningham was going to say, and would not have approved if he did.