Lieberman: John McCain is ‘all-male’

This was a special moment from today’s Meet the Press: TOM BROKAW: … Among other things, Senator McCain has been very adamant about never raising taxes under any circumstances. That prompted this headline in the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal from the commentator Daniel Henninger. He said, "Is John McCain stupid? Is John ...

This was a special moment from today's Meet the Press:

This was a special moment from today’s Meet the Press:

TOM BROKAW: … Among other things, Senator McCain has been very adamant about never raising taxes under any circumstances. That prompted this headline in the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal from the commentator Daniel Henninger. He said, "Is John McCain stupid? Is John McCain losing it? He said on national television that to solve Social Security `everything’s on the table,’ which of course means raising payroll taxes. On July 7 … he said: `Senator Obama will raise your taxes. I won’t.’" Daniel Henninger concludes, "This isn’t a flip-flop. It’s a sex-change operation."

SEN. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN: First, let me say that John remains all male. There’s no question about that. Secondly, he, he’s, he’s as smart, curious and intellectually alert as possible.

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