President elect John McCain is convincingly portrayed as the one man who could, through the appointment of a lifelong seat (or seats) on the Supreme Court, put the court so far to the right that any social or environmental progress made since the 60s (Clean Air, Clean Water, Endangered Species, citizen access to federal courts, sex discrimination) will be abrogated. McCain's touted "strict construction and restraint" legal policies are in fact code for far-right judicial leanings, ... More »

McCain/Palin will destroy the constitution, our national treasure.

This opinion piece has minimal journalistic merit. It is an attack on McCain without any evidence. The author is so ignorant that he does not even know that McCain is one of the "Gang of 14", which defines the absolute center of the spectrum on court appointments. Obama is well known as among the most extreme left Senators on his voting record. Will perhaps please far-left ideologues, but ideology does not make for journalism.