[ek_hornbeck]

Contrary to what John McCain seems to assert, free press is not being suppressed. Not one news organization as been shut down, no news rooms have been raided. The press is every bit as free as ever it has been.

McCain can't recognize the difference between a President criticizing the press and a President suppressing it. I think it's because McCain tends to project: if McCain were President, he would try to actively suppress any and all criticism of him through extra-legal means.

[Ohioan]

McCain has long appeared to be suffering from hardening of the arteries feeding what is left of his brain. There has long been an absence of consistent thought, there--that is thought that is supportable by observable dynamics.

I remember some of his inconsistent ramblings, in what was offered as analysis of recent elections, back at least to the days of "W's" Presidency. It is sad. But he needs to retire.