Earlier this week we debated why Virginia seems to provoke politicians and campaign officials to say forehead-slappingly foolish things. After all, you’d think the infamous George Allen “macaca” incident would have served as something of an example for Virginia GOP Chair Jeff Frederick when he recently compared Sen. Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden.

You’d also think that Sen. John McCain, already fighting to save his campaign, might not want to stand alongside a man like Frederick in public. Well, you’d be wrong. According to ThinkProgress, McCain will headline a campaign event tomorrow at the Prince William County Complex in Woodbridge where Frederick — who remains the GOP head in the state and represents Woodbridge in the Virginia General Assembly — is set to appear. The McCain campaign did say that Frederick’s comments were “not appropriate.”

Virginia has become one of the primary battlegrounds for McCain this election year, and the Post is reporting today that the Obama campaign has a much more substantial ground operation in place. Beyond Frederick’s boneheaded remarks, the Virginia GOP recently sent out a mailer picturing Osama bin Laden’s eyes alongside the message, “America Must Look Evil in the Eye and Never Flinch.” Tomorrow’s campaign rally is sure to be notable, either for how hard the Republicans will try to restrain themselves, or how easily they fall back into accusing Obama of being a terrorist.