AND SO THE "LIBERAL MEDIA" McCAIN MYTHMAKING BEGINS

Andrea Bernstein of New York's NPR affiliate, WNYC (at about 4:27 into the audio):

You know, John McCain proved himself really tough in this campaign. He would not die. I mean, you saw in him the man who stood up to the Viet Cong.

Yup, five years of brutal physical torture = getting on a bus and joking with worshipful reporters while suffering temporary setbacks in the polls.