Barack Obama and John McCain turned up the heat on their debates over energy and terror Tuesday, with some calling on the Republican to fire a top aide who suggested another attack would be a political boon.

McCain adviser Charlie Black has expressed regret for telling Fortune magazine that another terrorist attack “certainly would be a big advantage” to McCain.

But regret wasn’t enough for some, including an umbrella union group with some 6 million members, Change to Win, that has backed Obama and called on McCain to fire Black.

This comment ping pong is truly irritating.  Thanks to youtube and the like, no candidate or surrogaste can say anything without it streaming on the web.  How long will this game continue?  There are more important issues at hand than the he said, they said game to continue.

Personally, I think that Black is dreaming.   Why?  The Bush Administration has thumped its chest about there have been no new attacks on our soil and the McCain campaign is tied large to the Bush policies and the statement on national security.  An attack before the election would likely favor Obama and not McCain.  Obama could point to the attack as proof that a new thinking was needed in foreign policy and that he would have kept the US safe.