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I'm offering some "Wesley Clark as Democratic VP nominee" futures for sale at 10.8% on intrade.com after Clark's performance on CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday.

Although he said a few things that questioned whether John McCain's military service qualified him to be commander-in-chief, the statement that I'm sure Obama wishes he could stuff back in Clark's mouth was this: "Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president."

In a speech Tuesday, Obama distanced himself from Clark's comment, and an Obama spokesman put out this statement: "As he's said many times before, Senator Obama honors and respects Senator McCain's service, and, of course, he rejects yesterday's statement by General Clark."

Obama desperately needs some foreign policy and/or military qualifications on the ticket, so Wesley Clark seemed an interesting possibility. And indeed he may still be if the public and media's memory are short enough.

But I think those words would be played over and over again, showing McCain just after being tortured, and calling into question both the judgment and the patriotism of the Democratic ticket if Clark were on it.

Basically, I think Wesley Clark just wrote his own political suicide note...and I certainly hope he did.

And for anyone who's following such things, I'd note that in the last week Hillary has gone from 11% to 18% to be the VP nominee. I still think that won't happen, especially with Obama already leading in polls in swing states. In fact, now that I write this, I'm going to offer some Hillary VP at 20%.