John McCain is trying to put down the charge that he had said, at a 2000 Hollywood dinner party, that he had not voted for George W. Bush for president. A number of guests at this party have apparently stated that they heard McCain make this comment at the time. McCain’s present response is that this took place eight years ago, and that it was time to put such matters aside. If the passage of eight years renders events irrelevant to the present, what about McCain’s (and his supporters) continuing reference to his being held as a POW during the … Continue reading McCain and Time