Planting questions at your own events is one thing.  But planting questions at the other party’s debate (albeit one hosted by a horticulturally friendly network), now that’s the mark of true mastery.

Retired Brigadier General Keith Kerr, who asked a YouTube question about gays in the military and was invited to sit in the audience and (out of step with the rest of the night’s format) pose a lengthy follow-up, is a member of the Clinton campaign’s LGBT steering committee.

Update:  Moderator Anderson Cooper swiftly acknolwedged the plant’s Clinton connection, but says the network was unaware until now.

More at Hot Air, including video of Kerr’s YouTube question and his on-site follow-up.

For the record, my guess is that not only did CNN genuinely not know about Kerr’s affiliation, but that Team Hillary was unaware of his participation in the debate.  With all the plant controversy in recent weeks associated with her campaign and with CNN debates, she/they would have to know someone would pick up on this, what with his name still adorning the Clinton campaign website.

If that’s the case, then Kerr is the only deceitful party here (assuming CNN asked about any campaign affiliation before initing him to St. Petersburg) and CNN is merely the inexcusably sloppy party (a simple Googling of the man returns the page on Clinton’s site announcing his campaign affiliation within the first few pages of reults).

Update:  Michelle Malkin uproots three more from last night - while not campaign committee members, these masquerading undecided Republicans were avowed Edwards and Obama supporters, something CNN could have (and should have) determined as easily as Michelle did.

Source: Suitably Flip