The Courage of John McCain

So Ol' Get Off My Lawn McCain fired up the Straight Talk Express and invited reporters on board for a freewheelin' seat-of-your-pants discussion!

Except...

On Thursday, even as he promised a stream of the candid comments that distinguished him in 2000 — “Anything, anything you want to talk about,” he said — he steered clear of offering opinions on two of the biggest issues on the political landscape this week. He declined to say whether he agreed with the assertion by Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that homosexuality is immoral, or whether he thought Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales should be ousted for his handling of the firing of federal prosecutors.

McCain will talk about anything! Except the subjects that everyone is talking about.

Courage.