Codger Watch: Why McCain Gets a Bye on "Hazy"

Yglesias is perplexed as to why McClain gets away with bloody murder on fact-check beat, while Mitt Romney other candidates get (at least sometimes) called to account. As McCain's age-mate (he is actually younger than I by a few months) I think I can offer an insight: he's a codger. I didn't say a "loveable" codger because the very idea is an oxymoron. But we (you) do tend to be a bit more forgiving of codgers than we do of ordinary responsible adults. Of course, we wouldn't actually want to elect a guy like that President. Oh, wait...