Matt Lauer's head almost forcibly removed

"Today Show" host Matt Lauer saw his life pass before his eyes yesterday when angry codger John McCain snapped at being asked about Sarah Failin, choice of oatmeal.

Was it true, Lauer asked, that the vetting of Sarah Palin was so woefully inadequate that no one from the campaign traveled to Alaska to interview her husband or any of her political opponents?

"I wouldn't know," McCain said.

He wouldn't know???

Somewhat taken aback, Lauer told McCain that he found it "somewhat surprising" that he didn't know anything about the vetting process, adding "You were the presidential candidate."

McCain testily shot back by saying that he had no intention of "looking back over what happened over a year ago," adding, "I'm sorry, you'll have to get others to comment on it."

Brrrrrrrrrrr.