ANN ALTHOUSE UNDERSTANDS CONSERVATISM, with help from John McCain.

Plus, unimpressed with claims of a McCain flip-out: “Maybe a better question is what sort of person views that as ‘flipping out’?”

The press hates it when pols get mad at reporters. I’m not convinced that anyone else does.

UPDATE: Ken Wheaton of Advertising Age isn’t a fan of the new McCain ad. “Did someone have some spare Star Trek B-roll hanging around?”