Oh Give It A Break...

This weekend, Sen. John McCain was booed and publicly criticized during his commencement address at the New School in NYC. Graduating seniors lambasted McCain for his support of pre-emptive war, his anti-choice stands, and his recent alliance with Rev. Jerry Falwell. In response, McCain tried to play the "older and wiser" trump card, with a self effacing twist. He told the crowd that as a young man, he too was "quite infatuated with self-expression." What a load. You call a decade in the Senate and two presidential runs a life of quiet contemplation? Now you are a wizened elder statesman who only speaks the truth? Give it a break. Check the rolls of any Sunday morning talk show and it is clear that the Senator is as enamored with self expression as ever. Sen. McCain, if you can answer your critics, you should do so. If you cannot, then please do not fill in the blanks with such a shopworn canard.