It's hard to say whether or not McCain will be able to put out the fire he has started, but there's some evidence that his own people are turning on him for his effort to incite a mob.

Frank Schaeffer, a Republican and long-time McCain supporter, writing in the Baltimore Sun says:

John McCain: If your campaign does not stop equating Sen. Barack Obama with terrorism, questioning his patriotism and portraying Mr. Obama as "not one of us," I accuse you of deliberately feeding the most unhinged elements of our society the red meat of hate, and therefore of potentially instigating violence.

Right.