Remember when John McCain decided to go to Syria and pal around with the rebels there?

There is an accusation going around that one of McCain’s new friends is a kidnapper of 11 people. Rand Paul, who never hears the end of McCain’s sniping at him, decided to play around with that issue for a while.

McCain’s staff said it was “regrettable” if true.

So John Roberts from Fox News asked McCain about it yesterday – does a day go by in which McCain isn’t on Fox News? – and you can judge for yourself how convincing the response is…