Man, I hope they don’t do that. I can imagine that McCain thinks he should pull punches, take the high road, seem like a statesman and all that for his acceptance speech. Depending on what happens with Gustav, all of that may be necessary. But he should be in St. Paul to accept his nomination. He won’t be helping anyone on the gulf coast by delivering a speech via satellite, and it’s hard to see how any such speech would be effective. And, if everything is under control and — as we all hope — the damage from Gustav is minimal, he should let ‘er rip with a hard-hitting and crowd-pleasing speech.