Stupidity or Cynicism?

Reporter: Was Loving vs. Virginia decided correctly by the Supreme Court of the United States?

Senator David Vitter: What is Loving vs. Virginia?

I find it pretty hard to believe that someone who graduated from Tulane Law School would not know about Loving vs. Virginia, the landmark Supreme Court decision that effectively struck down laws against interracial marriage. What we're getting here is more likely an indrect but still unlovely glimpse of Senator David Vitter's voting base. He'd rather come across as an idiot than risk alienating the racists among his supporters by coming out, even obliquely, in favor of interracial marriage.