A nurse entered and seemed surprised to find anyone there, and it wasn’t long before I found out why: Almost no one visits anymore. In his time, which was not very long ago, Mo Udall was one of the most-sought-after men in the Democratic Party. Yet as he dies in a veterans hospital a few miles from the Capitol, he is visited regularly only by a single old political friend, John McCain. “He’s not going to wake up this time,” McCain said.

…McCain spoke of how it affected him when Udall took him in hand. It was a simple act of affection and admiration, and for that reason it meant all the more to McCain. It was one man saying to another, We disagree in politics but not in life. It was one man saying to another, party political differences cut only so deep. Having made that step, they found much to agree upon and many useful ways to work together. This is the reason McCain keeps coming to see Udall even after Udall has lost his last shred of political influence. The politics were never all that important.

- The Great McCain Story You’ve Probably Forgotten
By Michael Lewis
Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at 6:47 AM ET

[HT: Instapundit]

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They yanked and pulled and beat on me.

Then I was thrown in a dirty room and left to die.

Tyranny doesn’t exist just in other countries.

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My wife couldn’t help but notice this particular point mentioned by Fred Thompson during last night’s speech.

Sounds very familiar.

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My last post – made as a joking aside about James Carville’s famous quip, has since turned out to be totally and 100% on target: this election is definitely about life. After McCain’s selection of Palin, rumors flew that she was Trig’s grandmother. The latest – Bristol Palin is not Trig’s mother – but she is, indeed, a mother.

Michelle Malkin summed it up that the contrasts between the two teams couldn’t be any stronger. Yet most of America is completely in the dark about Obama’s views, in particular why Obama gave that unusual answer at Saddleback.

While it left many confused – when they learn of Obama’s reason (and, like my younger brother, they get over being sick) then they truly grasp what kind of hope and change he’s pushing.

It’s a story that needs to be told.

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