'John McCain invented the Blackberry'

At least that's the contention of a top McCain policy adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin. Waving his BlackBerry personal digital assistant and citing McCain's work as a senator, he told reporters Tuesday, "You're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create."

A McCain aide later dismissed the remark as "a boneheaded joke by a staffer."

McCain has acknowledged that he doesn't know how to use a computer and can't send e-mail, one of the BlackBerry's prime functions.

Well, not much to add here, except that if I'm Al Gore, I want my money back. (Craig Newmark, of Craigslist fame, wants his back, too.)

In case you're really wondering where the presidential candidates stand on the issues, here's a quick primer at Ars Technica, a more in-detail analysis by Michael Arrington at TechCrunch and a categorical view at PC Magazine.)