The old joke is "How do you know when a politician is lying?"

"You can see their lips moving."

It is an all to rare occasion when a politician, particularly one in the middle of a campaign, opens their mouth and the truth come out. For people who's every word, act and gesture is carefully crafted to achieve the objective of winning office, such moments of candor are probably met with an internal admonition to "Shut the F* Up."

Senator McCain had one of those moments in last night's debate when he spoke the truth about immigration reform and border security.

Let's go to the video tape:

Thank you, Senator, for clarifying your position on border security, and welcome to the "second tier."

UPDATE: When you get two such moments, on the same day, on the same issue, from politicians on both sides of the aisle, you might be tempted to start looking for other signs or Armageddon. This moment of revealing honesty comes from Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid who described his desire to "bring 12 million undocumented Americans out of the shadows." Video here.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 12:45 AM | Comments (1) | Add Comment