Kudos to Albert G. Marquis’ Monday letter, headlined “McCain’s smears reek of desperation,” wherein Mr. Marquis correctly suggests John McCain is willing to stretch the truth to win the presidential election and Barack Obama is rational and reasonable and deserving of our vote.

This reminds me of the recent McCain TV commercial suggesting Obama is responsible for high gasoline prices. The last time I checked, McCain was the longtime incumbent who must be blamed for many of the woes facing this nation and this world, and Obama was a first-term U.S. senator.

As Bob Dylan sang, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” The wind is blowing in the direction of Obama and, therefore, you can be assured McCain will become more and more desperate as we get closer to Election Day.

It’s time for us to heed the words of the late Tim Russert, who believed his highest calling was to make sure we are “an informed electorate.” This is not surprising given that Russert worked with U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who stated, “You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.”