Certainly, but the boss at ABC news, one Mark Halperin Goebells, has decided that those "traits" are irrelevant to the campaign.
We are now reaping what John McCain has sown.
John McCain is a 'bad word,' in my household. I do not CARE what he went through years ago, if in his old age he betrays the next generation and places our voting rights (and freedom of expression) in danger! He absolutely KNEW what the particular fallout would be from the 'reforms' he sit in motion.