Let's assume this was a Freudian slip...and as such, something that John McCain was thinking, but didn't really want to say (as is the way with many a slip of the tongue) -

(CNN) – John McCain issued a promise Tuesday that may cause a bit of unrest with a broad swath of voters:

He'll veto every single beer?

In a slip of the tongue while railing against excessive earmarks at the National Small Business Summit in Washington, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee inadvertently pledged to veto the popular alcoholic beverage.

Watch McCain's slip of the tongue

"I will use the veto as needed. I will veto every single beer — bill with earmarks," he said, as rumblings from the crowd could be heard. "And every single bill that we have come across my desk I will make them famous. I will veto them, you will know their names."

Now, I understand we're looking at a slip of the tongue, but I can't condone anyone being the commander and chief that utters those words. Consider the following from everyone ranging from past presidents, founding fathers, and other world leaders -

"No soldier can fight unless he is properly fed on beef and beer."

-John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough

"Make sure that the beer - four pints a week - goes to the troops under fire before any of the parties in the rear get a drop."

-Winston Churchill to his Secretary of War, 1944

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

-Benjamin Franklin

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer."

-Abraham Lincoln

"He was a wise man who invented beer."

-Plato

"Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world."

-Kaiser Welhelm

For me...never trust a world leader who doesn't drink beer - or recommends vetoing it.