McCain's Weekend Work

Weird story in the Politico today, headlined "John McCain doesn't work weekends." Setting aside the issue of whether that somehow constitutes a character flaw, it raises the question of exactly what the senator does with all his free time. The answer, the paper reports, is hosts reporters and donors at his Arizona cabin, guest-hosts "Saturday Night Live" and visits troops in Iraq and at Walter Reed hospital. Also, he takes time to "bone up on policy, and meet privately with aides, advisers, contributors and other prominent officials."

Evidently that doesn't count as work, because, according to the story, it doesn't "capture media attention." And that tells you about all you need to know about the state of our presidential campaigning process, and the way it is covered.