Recommended Reading

Matt Welch examines the views of John McCain. For what it's worth, I think McCain is a mass of self-contradictory views. He thinks we need more troops in Iraq…but doesn't seem to have any idea where they'll come from. He says that the issue of abortion should be a state decision, not a federal one…but he's voted for every federal-level anti-abortion bill. He backs a wide array of ethical/moral bills, like those to stop torture or clean up campaign finance…but he doesn't seem to mind when his own political allies take measures that neutralize his work in these areas. I think that's why I find him so disappointing. At times, he seems to actually stand for something and I don't like being fooled like that.