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Let’s say you’re attacking someone every day, criticizing some perceived enemy in a tone that is bitter, highly personal, spiteful and relentless. Now imagine, for the sake of argument, that at the very climax of your over-the-top abuse, the object of your assaults makes a point to defend your right to continue to slime him.

When I read this, I thought Medved was saying that someone asked McCain about Rush's statements, and McCain said Rush had a right to make them. Which I thought was funny, because my interpretation of what Rush has said the past week is that someone from the McCain camp has been threatening to invoke the McCain/Feingold bill on him for "electioneering".

But it turned out Medved was NOT saying McCain defended Rush, he was just saying McCain was opposed to the fairness doctrine.

Which really isn't about defending Rush's right to speak right before the election about a candidate, something McCain was dead-set against, probably because he doesn't like people pointing out his record.