At this point, we ought to have an open and honest debate as to whether McCain has simply become a serial liar, willing to do anything and say anything in order to be president, or whether McCain is having serious problems with his memory and overall cognitive abilities due to old age, a recurrence of his cancer, initial Alzheimer’s or some other illness.

Is it dementia, confusion, or what that is causing McCain to atypically say repeated falsehoods – from placing Spain in Latin America, to claiming that Palin was against the Bridge to Nowhere, to now saying that he’s always bought American. We now know that at least 3 of the McCain’s 13 cars – yes, McCain has 13 cars – are foreign cars (a Honda, a VW, and a Lexus). Now, I don’t personally have a problem with someone buying a foreign car – though you know the Republicans would be all over Obama if his car were foreign (it’s not, Obama owns one car and it’s a Ford hybrid). But the issue here is that McCain has once again lied about yet another fact in his life, in order to get elected.

The old McCain didn’t appear to be this much of a liar, or this confused about the facts. The new McCain has either decided to jettison his honor overboard, or is quite literally beginning to lose his mind. At 72 years of age with 4 bouts of rather serious cancer, the latter can’t be ignored for much longer. Especially since there’s a very real possibility that electing John McCain would make Sarah Palin president.