Obama errors on Ayers and still seems to be confused as to whether words matter

Gotta love Mark Steyn's comment on the Obama-Ayers flap:

Well, why shouldn't they vote on "character"? Barack Obama has no accomplishments, no legislative record, no nuthin'. So if you don't want to vote on character (ie, his condescension to crackers too boorish to understand how sophisticatedly nuanced it is to have a terrorist pal and a racist pastor), what else is left?

and then there's this:

"Don't tell me words don't matter!"

uh...well...maybe...um...

words don't matter all that much...