Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. July 25, 2008. McCain is running as a military leader -- but he isn't one. And yet the myth of military leadership is the foundation of his claim to the presidency.
David Brock, Paul Waldman, Anchor Books. March 31, 2008. The bizarre tale of how the media turned a crooked Republican into the mirage of a principled politician.