Since Roger is well-known to be a fair, balanced, judicious, and non-partisan public intellectual, I’m sure he will give equal attention to the fact that John McCain has actively “palled around” and sought the support of convicted criminal and terrorist G. Gordon Liddy, a man who has advocated killing federal agents and assassinating Presidents. But until he gets around to this (I know he’s very busy), you can read about it here and here. There’s also the matter of Sarah Palin and her husband’s “palling around” with separatist extremists.