While the National Review "works the refs" complaining that the host of the VP debate set for tomorrow has, gasp, written a book about politics, McCain
told CNN's Juan Carlos Lopez that while the situation concerned him he was sure Ifill would be professional.
So why is he concerned? As Ifill
said to Howard Kurtz at the WaPo on September 3,
no one's ever assumed a white reporter can't cover a white candidate.