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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

And On McCain

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Feb 9 2010, 10:00 AM ET Comment

Seeing him in that last clip got me to thinking on how he's devolved over the past few years, or just revealed his true self. When Rolling Stone ran that huge expose in 2008, I basically disregarded it for my standard biases against anonymous sources and gossip.

But McCain complete flip on Don't Ask, Don't Tell and his general pettiness and umbrage-taking at the slightest perceived insult (dig the clip below) really make the case for a second read. One big thing about Obama that I love is that I never get the sense that he's petty.



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