the only sane thing i've ever read in the WSJ

most of my "readers" [aka, my boyfriend and like, two other people] aren't regular readers of blogs about reproductive health [even though you should be], so i'm just going to assume you haven't seen this video. relish those eight awkward, awkward seconds of silence, one and all.

but my favorite part about this isn't even in the video - it's this interaction between mccain and a WSJ reporter about his votes on requiring insurance companies to cover birth control [props to RHrealitycheck for contextualizing the madness]:

When McCain was asked for his position on the issue, he said--with a nervous laugh-"I certainly do not want to discuss that issue."

The reporter pressed. "But apparently you've voted against--"

"I don't know what I voted," McCain said.

The reporter explained that McCain voted against a bill in 2003 that would have required health insurance companies to cover prescription birth control. "Is that still your position?" she persisted.

During the awkward exchange, with several lengthy pauses, McCain said he had no immediate knowledge of the vote. "I've
cast thousands of votes in the Senate," McCain said, then continued: "I will respond to--it's a, it's a..."

"Delicate issue," the reporter offered, to a relieved laugh from McCain.

"I don't usually duck an issue, but I'm--I'll try to get back to you," he explained.

i guess he just couldn't decide whom to pander to this time. anyway, there's a load of crap in the comments about how obama never gets asked any hard questions about this kind of stuff, which i guess is why obama is still fielding complaints from all sides and issuing press release after press release about his response to question about late-term abortion.

and then i remembered that i was reading the comments page on the WSJ. right.