By通过 Stephen C. Rose斯蒂芬长玫瑰 | Today the Internet is rife with speculation about whether John McCain heard the questions Rick Warren asked Barack Obama. |今天在互联网上充满了猜测是否麦凯恩听到的问题里克沃伦问巴拉克奥巴马。 McCain seems to have done predictably well answering the questions, whether he knew them or not.麦凯恩似乎已做了所料，以及回答问题，他是否知道他们或不。 In fact anyone would think the man had a permanent pass.事实上，任何人都会相信该名男子有一个常任理事国通过。 All he does is say how imperfect he is, engage in a Chaplinsque facial self-denigration, and all is well.所有他是如何说他是不完善的，进行在一个chaplinsque面部自我贬低，一切都很好。

Even the polls seem to be with him.即使民调似乎是与他。 Three days tied in Gallup and a boost in Ohio.三天绑在盖洛普和推动在俄亥俄州。

This despite evidence that the man is a raving neocon, the admission that he will do what he can to wrest choice from the province of women and his fatuous notion that we can run a government on fumes.尽管证据显示，该名男子是一个raving新保守主义，入学，他将尽他所能，夺取选择从全省妇女和他的fatuous的概念，我们可以运行，政府对烟雾。

But what most sticks in my craw is the plain proof that the man is close to being a compulsive gambler, certified as such by at least some of our mainstream media, and no one to my knowledge has directly confronted him on the subject.但什么最枝在我的发布内容是平原证明，该名男子是接近作为一个强迫性赌徒，证实这种由至少我们的一些主流媒体，没有人据我所知，已直接面对他就此事。

McCain is a documented craps player.麦凯恩是一个记录craps播放器。 He has been known to play craps on impulse for 14 hours at a stretch.他已经知道发挥craps一时冲动为14小时，在一个舒展。

Of the game of craps, Anthony Holden本场比赛的craps ，安东尼霍尔登 comments 评论 , “We poker players don’t call poker gambling. “我们扑克选手并不呼吁扑克赌博活动。 It is a game of skill.这是一个游戏的技巧。 Craps is an absurd game of luck. craps是一个荒谬的游戏，运气。 You may have thrilling short term wins but only madmen play craps.”你可能有扣人心弦的短期赢，但只有madmen发挥craps “ 。

Matthew Yglesias马太依格雷西亚斯 notes 债券 , “The McCains own eleven houses and spent over $200,000 on ‘household staff’ in 2007 so I suppose he can afford tens of thousands of dollars in gambling losses every year. “ 11 mccains自己的房子和用了超过二十点○万美元对家庭人员'在2007年因此我猜想，他可以负担的了数万美元的赌博活动，每年的损失。 At the same time, you wouldn’t want someone to enjoy ‘playing against the odds’ with the country’s public policy.在同一时间内，您不希望有人享受'比赛的赔率'与该国的公共政策。 The fact that McCain seems to think there’s some kind of ‘betting strategy’ that can turn craps into a winning game also raises some questions about his math.”事实上，麦凯恩似乎认为有某种形式的'投注策略'可以把craps成为一个得奖的游戏也引起了一些问题，他的数学“ 。

How serious is the gambling urge for McCain?如何严重的是，赌博，要求麦凯恩？ What does the love of craps say about his “realism” regarding actual battles and conflicts?什么是爱craps说，对他的“现实主义”就实战和冲突？ Would McCain be willing to gamble with human lives?麦凯恩会愿意赌博与人的生命？

Connie Bruck康妮bruck puts it like this 把它像这样 : ：

The moment the car stopped at McCain’s hotel in downtown New Orleans, he set out at his usual fast clip for Harrah’s, across the street.那一刻，一辆小轿车停在麦凯恩的酒店在市中心的新纽奥良，他详列于他一贯的快速剪辑的哈拉斯的，街对面。 McCain is an avid gambler.麦凯恩是一个热心的赌徒。 Wes Gullett, a close friend who worked for McCain for years, told me that they used to play craps in Las Vegas in fourteen-hour stints, standing at the tables from 10 am to midnight.饮水和环境卫生gullett ，亲密朋友谁工作麦凯恩多年来，告诉我，他们用来播放craps在拉斯维加斯在14小时还曾，站在桌子由上午十时至午夜十二时。 ‘Craps is addictive,’ McCain remarked, and he headed for the fifteen-dollar-minimum-bet tables. ' craps会令人上瘾， '麦凯恩所说，和他为首的为15美元的最低投注额表。

Image of McCain at The Tables 麦凯恩的形象，在表

Michael Scherer and Michael Weisskopf迈克尔scherer和迈克尔weisskopf says 说 : ：

“Over time he (McCain) gave up the drinking bouts, but he never quite kicked the periodic yen for dice. “随着时间的推移，他（马侃）放弃了饮用水较量，但他从未相当踢定期日元骰子。 In the past decade, he has played on Mississippi riverboats, on Indian land, in Caribbean craps pits and along the length of the Las Vegas Strip.在过去十年中，他发挥了对密西西比州的riverboats ，对印第安人的土地，在加勒比craps坑沿长度拉斯维加斯地带。 Back in 2005 he joined a group of journalists at a magazine-industry conference in Puerto Rico, offering betting strategy on request.早在2005年，他加入了一组记者在一本杂志-行业会议在波多黎各，提供投注策略上的要求。 ‘Enjoying craps opens up a window on a central thread constant in John’s life,’ says John Weaver, McCain’s former chief strategist, who followed him to many a casino. '享受craps打开了一个窗口，一个中央线程不断在约翰的生命， '约翰韦弗说，麦凯恩的前首席战略家，谁跟随他很多的赌场。 ‘Taking a chance, playing against the odds.’ Aides say McCain tends to play for a few thousand dollars at a time and avoids taking markers, or loans, from the casinos, which he has helped regulate in Congress. '一个机会，发挥对赔率。助手说，麦凯恩倾向发挥了数千元，在时间和避免采取标记，或贷款，从赌场，他已协助规管在国会。 ‘He never, ever plays on the house,’ says Mark Salter, a McCain adviser. '他从来没有，任何时候都发挥着对内务， '说，马克萨尔特，麦凯恩的顾问。 The goal, say several people familiar with his habit, is never financial.目标，说几个人熟悉他的习惯，是从来没有财政。 He loves the thrill of winning and the camaraderie at the table.他热爱的刺激，打赢和人际关系上就座。
“Only recently have McCain’s aides urged him to pull back from the pastime. “只是最近有麦凯恩的助手劝他拉回到从消遣。 In the heat of the GOP primary fight last spring, he announced on a visit to the Vegas Strip that he was going to the casino floor.在激烈的共和党小学扑灭去年春天，他宣布，访问了拉斯维加斯带他到赌场楼。 When his aides stopped him, fearing a public relations disaster, McCain suggested that they ask the casino to take a craps table to a private room, a high-roller privilege McCain had indulged in before.当他的助手阻止他，怕公共关系的灾难，麦凯恩的建议，他们要求赌场采取craps表一间私人房间，一个高辊的特权，麦凯恩曾沉迷于前。 His aides, with alarm bells ringing, refused again, according to two accounts of the discussion.他的助手，与敲响了警钟，再次拒绝，根据两个帐户的讨论。

“He clearly knows that this is on the borderline of what is acceptable for him to be doing,” says a Republican who has watched McCain play. “他清楚知道，这是对边缘什么是可以接受的，他做的事情，说： ”共和党谁也观看了麦凯恩发挥。 ‘And he just sort of revels in it.’” '他只是排序的revels在它“ 。

Another Image of McCain Playing Craps — In Las Vegas. 另一种形象，麦凯恩发挥craps -在拉斯维加斯举行的。

A survey of McCain’s gambling with many links. 调查麦凯恩的赌博与很多的联系。

Does McCain have a record of wins and losses?麦凯恩是否有记录WINS和损失？ If so, should these be shared with the public?如果是的话，这些共享与市民？ McCain has said craps is addictive.麦凯恩说， craps会令人上瘾。 Is he craps addict?是他craps吸毒者？ Has his gambling led to any questionable conflicts of interest?有他的赌博导致任何疑问的利益冲突？

I have found that mention of McCain’s gambling habit is a persuasive argument to people who are on the fence and wondering who to vote for.我发觉提及麦凯恩的赌博习惯，是一个有说服力的论据，以人谁是对的围栏和不知道谁投赞成票。 The association of gambling with the term neocon and observation of McCain’s growing synchronicity with Bush positions is generally enough to convince an inquirer.该协会的赌博，与长远的新保守主义和观察麦凯恩的增长同步，与布什的立场是一般足够的说服一个询问者。 But these days the teflon mantel seems to be moving to McCain.但这些天，特富龙曼特尔似乎是感动麦凯恩。 And to my knowledge no one has raised these questions directly.和我所知，没有人提出这些问题直接。

Yet.然而。