Meghan McCain 'Bratty' at DC Dinner

Looks like Dems have missed their chance again

(NEWSER) - This week’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell hearings were typical of Washington lately: “The Democrats waited too long to close the deal, the president showed no leadership, and a campaign promise that was seen as a fait accompli now seems a casualty,” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times . Meanwhile, that "erratic and intolerant" "Arizona old-timer" John McCain inexplicably battled to prevent repeal, though even his own family and bosom buddy Joe Lieberman support it. More»

At home with Mom and Dad, she's forced to 'separate political and personal'

(NEWSER) - Meghan McCain will head home for the holidays—but at the Thanksgiving table, "Don’t Ask Don’t Tell" will be a taboo subject. Perhaps a good idea, since she’s a gay-rights advocate, her father is fighting against the repeal of DADT, and her mother seems to have flip-flopped on the issue. “I have to separate the political and the personal,” Meghan says in a Christian Science Monitor profile. More»

One day John McCain may regret his stance, correspondents warn

(NEWSER) - Jon Stewart and his team have a message for John McCain: It gets worse. The Daily Show correspondents (with special guest Sean Hayes) delivered a very special PSA to McCain with that message last night, warning him that if he continues to fight Don't Ask, Don't Tell, someday he'll be featured as the villain in the documentary about the movement—20 years from now, when gays are openly serving in the military. More»

GOP senator's wife joins daughter in anti-Prop 8 photo spread

(NEWSER) - The fight against California’s gay-marriage ban got a surprise enlistee today, in the person of Cindy McCain—whose husband, Sen. John McCain, opposed same-sex weddings as the Republican presidential nominee in 2008. Few volunteers “have surprised us more,” the NO H8 Campaign says, noting that “aligning yourself with the platform of gay marriage as a Republican still tends to be very stigmatic.” More»

Cindy, John and eldest daughter spill about dirty jokes and checking in

(NEWSER) - The McCains are hardly the average American family, but Cindy still wants that gas tank filled when the car comes back. Cindy, a reticent John, and eldest daughter, Meghan, 23, spilled the beans to People about McCain family life:

• On messing with mom: “Sometimes I just like to shock her and say the dirtiest jokes I can possibly think of and she's like, ‘Oh, Meghan!’ I think she secretly enjoys them.”