I like John McCain.

I ran across this videowhen reading about Stephen Colbert running for President. I like John McCain a lot, and if he still involved when the Pennsylvania primary rolls around I'll probably vote for him. Unfortunately, he's probably too much of a straight talker, and is definitely too intelligent to get elected by the Republicans. Our party tends to vote for the charismatic leaders, rather than the deep thinkers.

He's the kind of guy who I think can beat Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head debate, but first he has to get past the primaries.

Anyhow, here's a video of him when he stopped by The Daily Show to visit Jon Stewart.

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I'm disabled.
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Yet, around 4 to 6 times per year I have to, for one reason or another, prove that I'm disabled.
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One of this week’s trending topics on Facebook and twitter was a tragic story. A small boy fell into the gorilla habitat at the Cincinnati Zoo. Minutes later the western lowlands gorilla, a critically endangered species, was shot and killed by zoo personnel.
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