In an interview given to the Washington Times:

"I don't agree with [Vice President] Dick Cheney's allegation that he's part of both the legislative and the executive branch," McCain said.

Fine.  Then please explain to us your running mate's grab for power re "the Palin-McCain ticket", VP who is in charge of the Senate, VP who develops legislation with the Senate.

You might want to watch your back, sir.  Will you survive Sarah's im-Palin?

I write this about a person running for president.  Said person, a veteran of the U. S. Navy, ran a tough, contentious, and often bitter campaign eight years prior to the current campaign.  This time around, he wins his party's nomination handily and selects for his running mate the governor of a state with a small population, a governor who quickly becomes the darling of the far right-wing of the Republican party by railing against the elitist media, the intellectuals, and the Democrats.  During the campaign, and for many years previous, the country has been engaged in a war that many come to believe is based on one lie after another, a war which the candidate says he has a secret plan to end if only the voting public will elect him.
The lies, the innuendos, the obfuscations - has John McCain really been channeling the ghost of Richard Milhouse Nixon all this time?
Paul Matlin