Speaking of web videos...

Saw this video on Digg tonight:



Pretty good video. Two things:

1. At about the minute mark, they play a short clip from McCain's May 2008 appearance on SNL, where he jokes about his old age. Obviously he was trying to use humor to convince people that his age didn't matter or at least to not seriously consider it. While I disagree with the vast majority of McCain's positions on the issues and think he would be a terrible President, I certainly do not wish McCain harm or ill health. However, considering that he's running for President, his age and health must be examined seriously. After all, if Democratic candidate Paul Tsongas had been elected President in 1992, he would have died 2 days before the end of his first term ended in 1997. McCain will be 72 next month, and if he wins the election in November (shudder) he would be the oldest person to ever be elected President. While McCain's mother Roberta is 96 years old and still going strong, McCain's father lived to be 70, and his paternal grandfather lived to be 61. The stunt McCain pulled in May, releasing over 1,000 pages of documents covering his health from 2000 to 2008, and then giving journalists a few hours to review them certainly did nothing to allay these concerns about his health.

2. At about the 1:30 mark, there's a clip of McCain talking about how sending a man to Mars is a worthwhile ambition. While McCain doesn't get into specifics about this, or why it's important, other than that it would be a great accomplishment, I agree with him on the importance of this. While the cost would no doubt be great, I think it would be worth it. Quite simply, I think that colonizing the solar system, primarily Mars and the moon, as soon as possible is critically important for insuring the long term survival of the human race.