I’ve never seen a candidate biographical video start like this:

Gravelly-voiced narrator: “Some call him hothead.”

“Some call him… names that can’t be repeated.”

“Some call him…”

McCain’s mother, Roberta McCain, appearing on screen: “Mama’s boy.”

I’ve never seen such humor in one of these Ken Burns-esque biographical videos.

It does get serious, much more serious, moments later. “He turned down early release, and chose to spend four more years… in hell.”