The Huffington Post had piece earlier this week called What's Up With John McCain's Left Eye along several links to recent comments about the possibility that there is something going on with the Republican's health because of the droop in his eye.  There have been more calls for him to release his full medical records which came to a crescendo with the hard-hitting ad, and (despite being a big fan of Robert Greenwald) I think a bit over the top, by Brave New PAC making a graphic call to McCain's cancer problems.

Yesterday, I had lunch with some friends where we talked almost entirely about the debate and the candidates.  My lunchmates surprised me and caught me off guard because I never really sat back and considered what they threw out there seriously.  They had noticed McCain's eye, and were convinced that he had had a stroke.  One was actually quite sad about it, and still liked McCain, despite being an Obama supporter.

I didn't see it, but then thought that maybe he actually is having another bout with cancer.  Now, after seeing the debate and how he was on the verge of real tears when he talked about Ted Kennedy being in the hospital, I wonder what's up.  I started thinking about Bob Novak and how I really thought he was just being a shameless jerk after his hit and run, but have a lot of sympathy for him now after reading some of his post-brain tumor columns and interviews.

It just made me think that maybe McCain has a secret and is carrying a bit of an emotional load.  Maybe thinking about Ted Kennedy made him consider a health problem that he's having.  

Now, with this thought and the possibility of Sarah Palin getting her in inexperienced feet into the door of the White House really scares the heck out of me.  It's been encouraging to see that there is a growing outpouring of conservative contempt for her and a call for her to drop out.  If McCain is sick–and I sincerely hope he isn't (I was a fan of his in 2000)–it would be a nightmare if he somehow won the election, which I think is highly unlikely, and Sarah Palin in the worst way got into the highest office.  

I hope I'm not coming across as a conspiracy theorist, but in the event that McCain actually is hiding a health issue and his staff and Palin know about it, her "in a Palin/McCain adminstration" and comparison of herself to Harry Truman in the last FDR adminstration would make a lot more sense.  I'm just sayin'.