[palmer]

McCain is dead. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702825.html "Questions Linger About McCain's Prognosis After Skin Cancer"

In May, the presidential campaign of 72-year-old cancer survivor John McCain tried to put to rest doubts about his health by allowing a few reporters to inspect his medical records, but the effort has failed to quell questions about his odds of surviving an eight-year tenure in the White House....

Any suggestion that McCain is still alive is fake news.

[Publius]