Compare this video (posted by David) of Hillary squirming while she tells a whopper with the video below of McCain being brutally honest (via a comment by greyflcn in same post). Refreshing. We human beings are masters of deception, and of detection of said deception — the result of an evolutionary arms race:

Update: I didn’t realize that this is old footage before his flip flop.

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Update: Compare his demeanor in the above clip to his demeanor in the clip below where he is ah, not being so refreshingly honest:

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