staged accidents. Here's how they work, usually in heavy traffic:

• The guy in front of you slams his brakes on after being cut off on the freeway.
• You slam your brakes on to avoid him, but you can't quite stop fast enough, so your car rear-ends his. Because these accidents are usually staged in heavy traffic, speed at impact tends to be low, but not low enough.
• The driver you hit has some passengers, and they all claim to have neck pain.
• You have to file a police report and an insurance claim, they run up medical bills with clinics involved in the scam, and they wait for the insurance settlement to close the deal

One of my kids was the victim of one of these scams. It's not immigrants running these; it's Molly Middle Class and her cronies. Immigrants would not risk arrest by getting involved in something involving lawyers, police reports, and ongoing investigations. They just wouldn't.

But keep it up, almost-President McCain, because I'm sure it plays well with those scared seniors in Arizona and the xenophobic gun-toting, immigrant-hating folks, too. Problem is, JD Hayworth may actually do it better than you.

(h/t Media Matters)