Not all of us think we know what everyone else is thinking. It takes a special kind of person for that.

Women are also recipients of affirmative action. And for this reason, it's no more possible to know if Palin got where she is because of affirmative action than it is to know if Obama got where he is because of affirmative action.

McCain, of course, is the ultimate beneficiary of affirmative action, but it's the highly connected kind of affirmative action. He would never have gotten where he is today had it not been for his daddy and grand daddy being admirals.