Update: Reuters attempts to spin for Obama, reporting:

Last week in St. Louis, Obama told an audience that steps such as inflating tires to the correct levels could make a difference when it comes to conserving fuel.

They then go on to make McCain’s statement seem contradictory to his mocking of Obama earlier on. Except they’re not reporting this accurately. Surprise, surprise. Obama didn’t claim it could make a difference — he claimed it would equal the amount we’re talking about drilling.

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Mark Halperin jumps on John McCain for saying that Obama’s right about properly-inflated tires increasing fuel performance. Apparently this is a slip-up that somehow vindicates Obama’s stupidity.

Let’s try this one more time, shall we? No one doubts properly-inflated tires can improve fuel performance. To suggest otherwise is stupid. The criticism is over Obama’s assertion that inflating our tires would save the same amount oil of as we’re talking about drilling domestically. That’s just plain inaccurate.

Since people seem to have issues grasping this, I’ve posted it in multiple languages below. Rough translation provided by Google Translator.

French:

Essayons celle-ci plus de temps, allons-nous? Nul doute correctement gonflé les pneus peuvent améliorer la performance du combustible. Suggérer le contraire est stupide. La critique est plus Obama que l’affirmation de gonfler nos pneus permettrait d’économiser la même quantité de pétrole que nous parlons de forage au niveau national. C’est tout simplement inexact.

German:

Let’s try this ein weiteres Mal, sollen wir? Niemand zweifelt ordnungsgemäß aufgeblasenen Reifen verbessern können Kraftstoff Leistung. Darauf hin, sonst ist dumm. Die Kritik ist über Obama’s Behauptung, dass unsere Reifen künstliche Aufblähung würde speichern Sie die gleiche Menge Öl als wir reden über das Bohren im Inland. Das ist einfach falsch.

Italian:

Let’s provare ancora una volta, per così? Nessuno dubita correttamente gonfiati-pneumatici in grado di migliorare le prestazioni del combustibile. Per suggerire altrimenti è stupido. La critica è più di Obama è affermazione che il nostro gonfiaggio pneumatici permetterebbe di salvare la stessa quantità di olio in quanto stiamo parlando di perforazione a livello nazionale. Che è semplicemente impreciso.