What's maverick, doc?

Now that the NA Health blog appears to have become exclusively devoted to radical right-wing extremism, I thought it appropriate that NAC plays against type and delves into pressing medical news, as in the following gripping article from The Lancet:

Use of p16-INK4A overexpression to increase the specificity of human papillomavirus testing: a nested substudy of the NTCC randomised controlled trial.

Whoa! That's drier than a cork leg. Maybe we should stick with meat & potatoes presidential politics and offer a necessary rejoinder to the good doctor's (and my friend's) latest instance of rhetorical excess. It's by Tim Dickinson, and appears in the current issue of Rolling Stone:

Make-Believe Maverick: A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty.

Here's an excerpt:

It's a myth McCain has cultivated throughout his decades in Washington. But during the course of this year's campaign, the mask has slipped. "Let's face it," says Larry Wilkerson, a retired Army colonel who served as chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. "John McCain made his reputation on the fact that he doesn't bend his principles for politics. That's just not true."