A few weeks back, John McCain was asked whether taxpayers should fund contraception to combat AIDS. Here’s the response:
Mr. McCain: “I haven’t thought about it. Before I give you an answer, let me think about. Let me think about it a little bit because I never got a question about it before. I don’t know if I would use taxpayers’ money for it.”
The reporter asks the obvious follow-up: “Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?”:
Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “You’ve stumped me.”
Q: “I mean, I think you’d probably agree it probably does help stop it?”
Mr. McCain: (Laughs) “Are we on the Straight Talk express? I’m not informed enough on it. Let me find out. You know, I’m sure I’ve taken a position on it on the past. I have to find out what my position was. Brian, would you find out what my position is on contraception – I’m sure I’m opposed to government spending on it, I’m sure I support the president’s policies on it.”
Fortunately, bloggers have now persuaded themselves that McCain, at 5′ 7″ is too short to be elected. Don’t be too sure, though. Maybe he’ll follow the example of the even-shorter Nicholas Sarkozy, who sick of being compared to his taller wife, is said (ahem) to be planning surgery that will stretch him by 5 inches over the next year.
There should be plenty of time for McCain to add a couple of inches, while Hilary continues her kamikaze destruction of Obama…
