Andrew Sullivan says he is “heartbroken” over McCain’s vote against a Democratic proposal that would apply the Department of Defense Field Manual to the CIA. The Field Manual explicitly limits the kind of interrogation techniques the military can use; the CIA’s “alternate” techniques have, in the past, included waterboarding, sleep deprivation and “the cold cell.” [...]

That’s not the news, though. The news is that McCain is accepting it; it’s probably his least-wanted endorsement since Conrad Burns. Romney’ll need those fake Secret Service guys — on stage. UPDATE: McCain campaign points out that Romney’s delegates put McCain over the top. Ball’s in your court, Huck.

Barack Obama thought you could use some chocolate, among other things.

El Rushbo spent a good deal of time today venting about McCain senior adviser and ad guy Mark McKinnon reiterating his promise to quit the campaign should Obama receive the Democratic nomination. McKinnon first made that vow back in January of last year, when it seemed a largely academic issue. But yesterday on NPR, McKinnon [...]

Who are these people we’ve been hearing so much about? The DNC has put out a handy chart that gives us a list, updated as of yesterday. (PLEO stands for Party Leader Elected Official.)

In the issue of dead-tree TIME that comes out tomorrow, my story looks at the mistakes and miscalculations that put Hillary Clinton in the spot she’s in, and her efforts to retool her campaign for trench warfare.

I did a Q&A with the titan of talk radio this morning. We discussed his not-so-secret plan to assist John McCain, his complaint that the MSM don’t understand what motivates him and what his show might be like if a Republican he doesn’t support were to win the White House.

Or if there’s medication to stop… the … cringing…

• “I’m ambivalent on torture.” [C&L] • “I’m shaking even talking about it again. I feel like I got his stink on me. To have someone bring you to a height of your anger and frustration, and to be shot down that way – it was a pivotal moment for me. It became the impetus [...]