John “you lost me at Falwell” McCain, declares he is the candidate for the religious right once again and that life begins at conception. It appears that he is looking to use the old right-to-life, obviously-my-opponent-is-for-death ploy.




Never mind that Pro-Choicers are not anti-life. Abortion is not an argument that has two diametrically, 180 degree opposed sides. It’s not an all or nothing situation. Pro-Choice individuals are just that - they believe it is the Mother’s right to choose - and many even work very hard to help provide all of the options available, including adoption, surrogating and other options.




Never mind that he voted for a war that is killing people and ruining lives both in our country and in the middle east, not to mention, leaving a legacy of blood that will come back to haunt us for hundreds of years (doubt that? You can trace WWI back to Charlemagne - 1100 years).




But John McCain, who has been shamelessly kissing up to the right  - people he had fought with throughout his professional career until he needed their money and their votes - has left his fair campaigning to run a negative campaign. His campaign is more about his opponent than it is about him. Too bad. I once thought he was a man of integrity. I was wrong and I’m glad - better he show what he is capable of now than in the Whitehouse.




To parahrase the words of a political cartoon originally run about Eisenhower - “Beware the man on the white horse... better vote for Stevenson”,    “Beware the man on the (far) right horse... better vote for Barack.” - cause even if he isn’t, he sure is acting like he is.