We've all read these stories before. What makes this diary urgent is that we haven't all connected the dots.
It is imperative that everyone understand the immediacy of the threat that comes from a victory for McCain. Through a series of published statements, McCain has made his intentions clear: He doesn't need very long to start a war and pass it off to his veep.
He doesn't need two terms:
John McCain is 71 years old, but the issue of his age comes up only occasionally at his town meetings. That is why a query this morning at Pembroke Academy was striking. A woman asked whether McCain had the stamina to serve as president for eight years.
McCain responded by leaving open the possibility that, if he is elected, he might not seek re-election. "If I said I was running for eight years, I'm not sure that would be a vote getter," McCain said shortly before leaving New Hampshire for Iowa.
He may not even live that long:
The McCain campaign said Wednesday the Arizona senator's medical records will no longer be released by April 15. They now say the new timetable is "sometime in May."
He may not even want to live that long:
Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) may be the presumptive GOP nominee for president, but, by his own wishes, he is not being protected by the Secret Service.
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McCain rejected Secret Service protection in 2000, after winning the New Hampshire primary. But he wants to go further, rejecting the massive security apparatus should he become president.
"It's the inconvenience," McCain said.
He just needs to prevent an Iraq withdrawal:
Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said it "would be fine with" him if the U.S. military stayed in Iraq for "a hundred years" or even a "million years." [...] On CBS's Face the Nation, McCain claimed that Americans would not be "concerned" if the U.S. spends "10,000 years" in Iraq.
And bomb Iran:
"Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran."
Then pass it off to someone else:
In expressing his hope to announce his choice [of running mate] before the convention opens in September, McCain added, "I'm aware of enhanced importance of this issue because of my age." He is 71, and if he wins, would be the oldest president elected.
He's told us everything we need to know except who he's going to pass the football to.