Before another day passes, let us all consider the absolutely dangerous, idiotic statement from McBush that made ThinkProgress yesterday:  "Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) reversed his longstanding opposition to offshore drilling, just before cozying up to energy industry leaders in Houston. McCain claimed his flip-flop would “address the concerns of Americans, who are struggling right now to pay for gasoline.” At a townhall event in Fresno, CA, yesterday, McCain admitted that it wouldn’t provide any “immediate relief” but said there would be “psychological” benefits:

I don’t see an immediate relief, but I do see that exploitation of existing reserves that may exist — and in view of many experts that do exist off our coasts — is also a way that we need to provide relief. Even though it may take some years, the fact that we are exploiting those reserves would have a psychological impact that I think is beneficial.

"In April, McCain told Neil Cavuto that his gas tax “holiday” would give people “a little psychological boost.”

And from WonkRoom: "Two months ago, he promoted the useless and feckless gas tax holiday for its “psychological boost,” so it makes sense that McCain is now promoting a useless and destructive expansion of offshore drilling for its “psychological” impact. Why is he offering “psychological” solutions to $4 gas? McCain argues that “a lot of our problems today” are “psychological,” including “the confidence, trust, the uncertainty about our economic future,” and even “the ability to keep our own home.”

"While skyrocketing gas prices, foreclosures, unemployment, food prices, climate disasters, and continued war certainly do bring significant psychological damage to those affected, the right way to deal with those issues isn’t to offer right-wing Prozac — it’s to solve the problems. And McCain’s incoherent and unhealthy policy prescriptions certainly won’t."

Sibilant Sid of the whistling "s's" speech pattern (which is like listening to scratching on a blackboard for some of us) should get himself to a psychologist, pronto.