Brimley is to McCain as Norris is to Huckabee

Yes, it's true, Jon.   Much like checking your blood sugar or eating your Quaker Oats, Wilford Brimley wants you to support John McCain for the presidency because it's the right thing to do.

"Wilford Brimley, the Marine turned actor turned oatmeal pitchman, will be traveling on the bus for Sen. John McCain. "The reason I'm here is because I think John McCain is a good, honest, patriotic American. He's proven that with his actions," said the gruff Brimley, trying to eat a bowl of clam chowder while hanging out with several of McCain's other Marine backers. Asked what he thought of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's criticisms of McCain, Brimley was notably blunt: "I'm not concerned about any of this silliness."" The Swamp