Or had he asked, in 2004, "Mr. Bush, just what did you mean when you said, 'We got an issue in America. Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their, their love, with women all across the country.'"
Or, during the 2000 Gore vs Bush election debacle, had Russert asked anyone who would listen, "What about the over-votes? The ballots that include both a check mark and a written-in name? Is it true that these votes---should the Supreme Court allow them to be counted---would go three to one in Gore's favor?"
It's not too late for Russert to redeem himself. Here's what I hope he'll ask McCain if he gets a chance. "You received a standing ovation for slamming Woodstock, yet a recent online article asserts that the Woodstock sensibility saved your life by pressuring the government to end the bombing and withdraw from Vietnam (see my blog post at knoxvoice.com of Nov. 9). Which do you find more absurd? That thousands of young people who'd never even met all got high together and fell in love with humankind? Or that you flew high up in a triangular-shaped flying object spawned from the belly of the military-industrial complex and turned possibly thousands of people you'd never even met into toast?"
There are questions, and then there are questions.
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