Not that long ago, John "Straight Talk" McCain referred to the Reverend Jerry Falwell as "an agent of intolerance." But now the Senator from Arizona is facing his last shot at the presidency. If he were to win, he'd be three years older than Ronald Reagan and a lot of people thought Reagan was too old. McCain seems to feel he needs to court the far right-wing of the Republican party so suddenly, though I sure haven't seen any change of personality or rhetoric out of Falwell, they're buddies. Over at Crooks and Liars, they have a video clip of McCain trying to explain this on today's Meet the Press.
While you're over there: As I've mentioned, I haven't been too taken this season by Real Time With Bill Maher. But the episode that debuted last Friday evening and which is repeating throughout the week was pretty good. At one point, Maher made a very solid case for the ineptness of George W. Bush on the morning of 9/11. Bush's defender on the show was Congressman Dana Rohrabacher who had such a feeble response that I doubt he even believed what he was saying. If you can, catch the whole program this week but in the meantime, Crooks and Liars has about 50 seconds that will give you the idea.