John McCain talked about foreign policy in Los Angeles today. The good news is, McCain is no Bush. The bad news is, McCain is McCain. Forgive my visceral reaction, then, but it can't be helped: Ugh.

Can classical music liberate North Korea? Probably not. It's a slave state, after all. A completely closed society. But the New York Philharmonic has oddly high hopes for its performance Tuesday night in Pyongyang. More likely, the North Korean regime will exploit the concert's propaganda potential for all it's worth, which is quite a bit.

John McCain was famously booed at this convention last year. By my count, McCain has been booed at least four -- maybe five -- times this year. The audience booed him when he spoke yesterday. They boo him whenever a speaker mentions his name.

They booed McCain when former U.N. ambassador, conservative rock-star and future secretary of state John Bolton spoke to the convention this afternoon.