<p>What a difference 8 years – and the end of the “Straight Talk Express” make:</p>
<p>The problem here is that McCain sounds awful doing what a lot of politicians have learned to do more smoothly. He just can’t speak scripted, apparently; he hates it. </p>
<p>[McCain’s</a> Prickly TIME Interview - TIME](<a href=“TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates”>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1836909,00.html)</p>