papa bear : Who is this steven fellow, lets hear more of him!

John Livigstone, M.D., Harvard Medical School : My discovery that John McCain is linked to the gambling industry and also has enabled the risk-takers Fannie May and Freddie Mack, helped me understand something fundamentally consistent about his character. McCain�s being �hooked� on �winning� in Iraq now appears to be driven in part by the same root character feature as seen in the gambler�s compulsive rush toward the big win, also usually accompanied by self-centeredness and impulsivity. It is more clear now that McCain�s unrelenting urge to pursue what he�d experience as a �win� in Iraq, as exhibited during the first debate, is not what I had thought mainly to be Vietnam PTSD but rather characteristic also of addictive character features. Here is where George W. Bush and he may be truly similar. A strong desire to win is very adaptive if the person can use it flexibly and by choice. For John McCain there appears to be little psychologically balanced choice about it. The two additional features consistent with being �hooked� on risk-taking to win at all costs (self-centeredness and impulsivity) fit with the way he chose Sarah Palin and his off-and-on behavior about appearing for the first debate The cover up of McCain�s medical records may be part of the same pattern of being �hooked� on the big win in the face of serious health risks and a V.P. running mate poorly qualified to be President. This behavior, sadly, is not consistent with his motto of �Country First, but appears to be �Self First, Country Second�. JBL,M.D., Harvard Medical School

C.M.P. : replying to: John Livigstone, M.D., Harvard Medical School. Where on this planet did you find a link of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to SENATOR MCCAIN? This statement is an embarrassment to such a fine institution and you are a doctor? Perhaps you are working so hard and getting your information from some blogger that doesn't quote any facts. Go ahead and do some research, think of it like finding out about a disease because you could not be further from the facts. Obama has been in bed with them since aligning with the democratic party in his political career. In 1999 the Clintons dropped the regulations so that "voters" would be able to buy homes and love them. Obama has continued this love affair receiving over $100,000 in contributions in barely four years in office as a senator. Compared to McCain who has been a senator for twnety years! what did he get? $21000, yeah, $1000 a year. So please remove your false info.