While Sen. John McCain’s Saturday rally in Woodbridge appeared to go off without a hitch, his campaign continued its now well-worn tradition of saying something of questionable judgment over the weekend.

In an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday, McCain campaign talking head Nancy Pfotenhauer accused voter-rich Northern Virginia of not being, well, Virginia enough. “The Democrats have just come in from the District of Columbia,” she said of the area. “The rest of the state, the real Virginia, if you will, will be very responsive to Senator McCain’s message.” Watch the clip above.