Who'd a thought he'd get pushed like this on daytime TV. He's just lying about the lipstick on a pig thing, and sex ed. I haven't been writing as long as some of my colleagues, so if they say this is a different McCain, I'll take their word.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.