Ames, the relationship between two married people includes all kinds of stuff that doesn’t go on in public and that I don’t claim to understand. That story broke in a book called “The Real McCain: Why Republicans Don’t Trust Him – and Why Independents Shouldn’t” and is substantiated by reporters who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Regardless, though I didn’t make this clear enough before, there’s a difference between having a thin skin personally and running a campaign with a thin skin. He can do that all he wants, for all I care. I’m not the guy who said “aggressive language” ran the risk of “putting off moderates, which Obama must avoid.”

I think it’s not accidental that he showed clips of shows they’ve both been on .