While it may be much ado about nothing, the responses offered by both the McCain camp and the Reverend Rick Warren regarding the issue of whether McCain had heard or received the questions in advance leaves some of us with a few nagging questions of our own. Contrary to Rick Warren’s initial assurance, McCain was not in a cone of silence. In his appearance on Larry King the following evening Warren stated that he found out later that McCain had arrived in the “green room” later than he realized. McCain was reportedly in his in his motorcade on his way to the location when Obama began his interview. Warren said the secret service was with McCain the whole time implying that they would have informed him if McCain had listened to the Obama interview on a radio or if McCain’s staff had given him a heads up. Since when was it the duty of the secret service to inform Reverend Warren of McCain’s doings? Then Rick offered the ultimate assurance. McCain told him he had not received any early info. “I take him at his word.” That’s reassuring since this is the same guy who is telling the American public that Obama is responsible for high gas prices and who has a record of lies longer than the “Straight Talk Express” super cruiser.
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