Hey Russia, buy me a battleground state ad!

Have you seen the nutty rumors about the McCain campaign asking for money from Russia to fund TV adds? And Russia declined, making a point to mock the campaign for asking for money after being critical of the country's handling of the Georgia situation? 

It all seems really strange, and I'm not seeing much mainstream media coverage of this. Here's a breakdown from Politico. They say they're verifying it, and if this is true, I don't understand why more people aren't picking up on it.

The 112 comments on this post as of 9 p.m. on Monday are pretty entertaining.