In Falwell's case, I'm unwilling to do that. So much of what's being said about him is incomplete. It's generally considered bad form to speak ill of the dead -- at least, the recently dead -- but in the case of some few truly lousy people, there's is no more fitting closing chapter. The pretty words said about him are lies, while the truth damns him. And if there's ever a moment for truth, it's in those closing sentences. They are the summation, the denouement. No one can escape the truth forever -- we all, eventually, must stop running. Jerry's footrace with history is lost now and it's time to see what's caught up with him.Of course, there are plenty who want to keep running for him. John McCain joined the race almost as soon as he heard the Great Man had died. "I join the students, faculty, and staff of Liberty University and Americans of all faiths in mourning the loss of Reverend Jerry Falwell," his press release reads. "Dr. Falwell was a man of distinguished accomplishment who devoted his life to serving his faith and country."
The Nation's John Nichols wonders how John McCain defines the word 'accomplishment':...
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