In the interest of fairness regarding reporting - this article carries much commentary by offering opinion and implying opinion by the questions developed by Olbermann. While the logic is stunning - it is prognostication and calls for the interviewee (John Dean) to guess the intention of the McCain and greater RNC, Presidential campaign and draw conclusions on the effect of McCain's own words. While they are fair, logical and relevant, they are about predicting the future - so Fairness is slightly abridged, even if by experience. Where it recovers more Fairness points is by basing the questions on the stark difference of McCain's words at different times in front of different audiences, yet, the McCain has strongly demonstrated ... More »

The subject is wiretapping but the story is about the Executive Branch grabbing power using Article II of the Constitution. Historians will wonder how it was that Americans, particularly the Congress, let the Bush administration rewrite the Constitution to create a quasi-democratic monarch of the president. This interpretation is far from traditional conservatism, which favored limited government. Olbermann and Dean are very critical, but their critique could have extended much farther, to include the supine mainstream press which has turned a blind eye to most of Bush's transgressions until very recently.

wiretapping and eavesdropping...makes me shudder....scary stuff.

Yes- McCain is setting himslef up as an agendt of change, and this story shows that he is in complete agreement with the Bush Administration on the wiretapping issue and the lack of necesity of using the FISA courts. John Dean is very credible in the story as an interview.