It is interesting to me that amidst the general outrage and media dismay about McCain's smear campaign no one appears to be talking about an obvious connection to Karl Rove. It is so striking: Rove is a murderer of character, unafraid to apply the ultimate aggression against his opposition, perhaps even relishing the carnage and the suffering, who knows. His protege Steve Schmidt is an advisor to McCain. Rove is a fascinating mentality, a Machievellian sociopath, clearly along with Cheney one of the most dangerous men in America, truly ruthless in pursuit of his aims, willing to take it to the lowest level emotionally, and playing the media for the fools they are--oh,I almost forgot: he is one of the media! Now he can protest that his own tactics are going "too far" and sound reasonable, then complain about "unfair attacks by the left" against Sarah Palin--and almost sound reasonable. If you get a chance read the article by Matt Taibbi in the current Rolling Stone: The Return of Karl Rove. Amazing that this isn't being looked into more in the media.