I imagine it's available on video, but that would require linking to Fox News; so, instead, here's the Boston Globe reporting on John McCain, the Champion Whiner:
Asked why Obama has been rising as the Wall Street crisis has dominated attention, McCain said on Fox News Channel: "Because life isn’t fair."
"He certainly did nothing for the first few days," McCain added. "I suspended my campaign, took our ads down, came back to Washington, met with the House folks and got on the phone, and also had face-to-face meetings."
Life isn't fair. No shit, Sherlock.
Then, to continue his fine whine, McCain repeated his plaint:
Asked whether it would work to Palin's advantage because Ifill will be under scrutiny for any bias, McCain answered, "Frankly, I wish they had picked a moderator that isn’t writing a book favorable to Barack Obama. Let’s face it. But I have to have to have confidence that Gwen Ifill will handle this as the professional journalist that she is."
"Life isn’t fair, as I mentioned earlier in the program," said McCain, who is scheduled to hold a rally later today in Denver.
Really. That's all McCain's got. Life sucks, and then you die. Does that sound like a man brimming with confidence, sure of his ability to take the brass ring?
Nope. It sound like a man who can see the ring slipping into the hands of someone else. McCain knows; we all know. Instead of a nation of whiners, we're down to just one. John McCain: Whiner-in-Chief.
Ifill, BTW, has responded to McCain's merlot with puzzlement:
Ifill's book is about a new generation of black leaders, and she told the AP that she has not yet written the chapter on Obama.
She wondered why anyone would assume the book will be favorable to Obama.
"Do you think they made the same assumptions about Lou Cannon when he wrote his book about Reagan?" asked Ifill, host of PBS' "Washington Week" and senior correspondent on "The NewsHour."
Asked by AP's David Bauder if she thought there were racial motives at play, Ifill said, "I don't know what it is. I find it curious."
She's dissembling a bit herself. We all know what the criticism is about. McCain desperately needs a game-changer at this point. Palin ain't it; but he's hoping nonetheless. No matter what happens tonight, count on a full frontal assault on Ifill, Obama, Biden, the entire debate process -- hell, maybe McCain will throw his Republican Senate colleagues under the Straight Talk Express before he's through.
Bottom line: There's a fine whine for every course and every occasion, and Walnuts has a full cellar. Expect the dust to come off the bottles.