Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6GBdyws5YU.
It's pretty obvious that McCain didn't say that Iran was supporting Al Qaeda because he'd know that to be true, but because he either misspoke (i.e. had a "senior moment") or because he didn't really know the subject he was talking about. I find the latter more likely, because the way he corrected himself doesn't give an impression of a deep knowledge, but rather like he was just saying some prepared remarks. So even if he did say something that was true, it was a pure lucky guess.

He repeated this same mistake several times, and I think it's really sad to see how little he actually knows about his flagship issue. If you read ANYTHING about Iraq or the Muslims, the first thing you learn is about the Sunni-Shia divide, and the next is that Iran is Shi'ite, Al Qaeda is Sunni and Iraq is some of both. That's REALLY the most basic knowledge of the subject, like 1+1 in maths. He claims to be an expert on Iraq, so making mistakes about such basic stuff is frightening! Imagine how little he must then know about other issues, where he does not claim to be an expert or even admits he's weak (e.g. the economy).

No, the red/blue switch always confused me. As interesting as your interpretation is, it sounds like pure supposition. (It's believable, except that I'd expect there to be some evidence of any pressure. OTOH, I'd also expect there to be some evidence of whatever decision process went on. I'm not aware of any, but it's probably out there. I'm completely ignorant about this.)

The media bias is mainly in favor of advertising dollars. The big wigs decide which stories to run based on whatever will draw the most eyes and/or dollars. Recently that has favored McCain, as it makes the horse race closer. In the past it has favored Bush at times and been anti-Bush at times. There have been times when the bias was pro-Clinton, and when the bias was anti-Clinton. Selective perception suggests that you're more likely to remember the instances of liberal bias, and I'm more likely to remember the instances of conservative bias. That said, it's probably true that the most reputable anchors lean Democratic. As Colbert has said, reality has a well-known liberal bias. ;)

You will find this "bias" (if one can call a tendency to be better informed a bias) in academia even more so. Examining exit polls reveals that Democrats tend to get most of their voters from both the least educated and most educated people—thus proving the old adage: a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

"Quaylee's"

I read the wikipedia story, notice how the red/blue colors are said to be opposite of the way the rest of the world uses colors, with red representing labor/socialist/communist and blue for conservative/tory/rightwing. This matches how they were used here. The excuse about the yard signs is patently false as my photo proved. I remember a study that was done that indicated blue was the color people preferred most, so I stand by my theory that the colors changed opposite their typical usage either because of wanting to avoid the 'red' label or because of the preference to blue, either way, it is not plausible that everyone switched at the same time with no collusion.