McCain's Bleeping Bleep

The expletive ridden tape recordings of the Blagojeviches damning their enemies have done more than draw attention to the murky politics of Illinois. They have quickly added the word “bleep” to the general vocabulary. Take John McCain, who told Letterman last night, amid applause, “I don't want to talk about the bleeping campaign. Understand? If you think I'm going to go back to that bleeping situation, then bleep you.” Beyond jumping on the latest neologism, McCain was generous about Obama and, to the chagrin of conservatives who never warmed to him, praised Obama’s middle way politics. “I think President elect Obama has made a number of very wise choices which I think shows a centrist approach to government, which, obviously, the way America and the world is today, is necessary,” he told the chat show host. As for Hillary? “She is extremely knowledgeable on the issues. I think it's a good team and I think it's a very wise choice.”