OK, so clearly Ann Coulter is not above leaning heavily on hyperbole to raise a few eyebrows and sell a few books, but this time she even managed to shock us a little with her announcement on Fox’s “Hannity & Colmes” that she’d go to bat for Hillary Clinton if she’s up against John McCain for the presidency, because, Coulter said, Clinton’s “more conservative” than McCain.

When her hosts at Fox News managed to pick their jaws up off the floor and press her on that point, though, Coulter made it clear that her startling endorsement had less to do with a sense of connection with Clinton and her platform than it did with Coulter’s extreme disdain for McCain.

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