McCain spokeswoman Nicole Wallace is at it again.

A little over a week ago, Wallace invoked McCain’s war herosim in an effort to delegitimize criticism of her boss, saying Barack Obama was “fillet[ing] an American hero, a former POW” when he criticizes McCain on the stump.

Yesterday, she used the same approach in responding to the suggestion that John McCain might have listened to questions asked of Obama during an event with Rick Warren (via MoJo Blog):

Nicolle Wallace, a spokeswoman for Mr. McCain, said on Sunday night that Mr. McCain had not heard the broadcast of the event while in his motorcade and heard none of the questions.

“The insinuation from the Obama campaign that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated is outrageous,” Ms. Wallace said.

Apparently, Wallace thinks McCain’s POW heroism means that he shouldn’t be criticized or forced to respond to questions about possible improprieties. It’s wildly anti-democratic.

(Moreover, as Matthew Yglesias points out, the irony is that reporters and McCain’s campaign keep claiming that McCain is reluctant to discuss his POW experience.)