King-Sized Mistake

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Nora Ephron says that "Hardball" goes softball with one particular guest:

"What is to be done about grown men and John McCain? If this question is not at the top of your list of puzzles, it's only because you were busy doing something worthwhile at five o'clock Tuesday. I on the other hand, was watching Hardball.

"And there was Senator John McCain.

"And more to the point, there was Chris Matthews.

"He was panting like a collie. He was grinning like a fool. He had a case of the Russerts that was practically terminal. He was talking to McCain about McCain's letter to Senator Obama, and they were having the most wonderful time, the two of them, just smirking and laughing and joking and chortling, and then Matthews told McCain what a 'brilliantly angry' letter it was and McCain smirked and laughed and joked and chortled some more.

"Then they went on to discuss Hillary, the NSA and the Coretta Scott King funeral, and at the end of their ten-minute interview, Chris Matthews was practically hyperventilating. . . .

"My point is that Matthews is a perfect example -- although obviously exaggerated -- of what happens to men in the presence of Senator McCain. They lose their minds. They suck up. They turn absolutely giddy. They ask questions they don't care about the answers to. It's Valentine's Day."

You don't think Chris is sending Johnny chocolates, do you?

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