Another McCain double standard -- the children

The big news now this morning is that Sarah Palin's unmarried teenage daughter is pregnant. I guess that right-wing abstinence-only approach doesn't work so well after all.

A McCain campaign spokesperson said that McCain considers this to be a private family matter. I agree that the children should be off-limits when it comes to campaign politics and media coverage.

However, McCain didn't seem to care about protecting the privacy of politicians' children back in '98:

"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”
–- Sen. John McCain, speaking to a Republican dinner, June 1998

Thanks to Crooks and Liars for the quote.