However, a presidential candidate's spouse going more the a quarter of a century without feeling pride for her country......They'll have a lot of fun with that one.
It was a really dumb comment, no doubt (or, at the very least, her phrasing of it was) but, if someone is going to say something like that, now is more or less one of the better times to do it.
If Hillary makes an issue of it, the Obama camp gets the needed practice on how to retort before the "Michelle Hates America" PAC gets a chance to hit them with it during the general cycle.
By the time McCain gets a chance to use it (if he chooses), months will have gone by for her to "clarify" her remarks.
They caught another break when Cindy McCain kind of softpedaled her jabs about it. They could have gotten away with being tougher about it but chose not to, for some reason. It'll be hard to them to revisit the issue later on, unless Michelle really loses her grip and repeats it at a later date.