<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Dissents Of The&nbsp;Day]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[A reader writes:</p><blockquote><p>I felt like taking a bath after reading &quot;<a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/the-age-issue.html">The Age Issue</a>&quot;.&nbsp; Can Andrew really have sunk this low, I asked myself? You have no evidence that McCain is suffering any cognitive impairment.&nbsp; You are smearing him not for his ideas or positions, but for his age.&nbsp; Are you recommending an age limit for the president - and if so, what is it? You have no evidence of cognitive impairment - but are very happy to insinuate it. That's despicable. </p></blockquote><p>Another adds:</p><blockquote><p>Since Obama's mother died of cancer at age 52 (only a bit more than a half decade older than Barack Obama is right now), whereas McCain's mom is still vigorously alive today at age 96 — and since cancer is a malady where one's genetic heritage (inherited from one's parents) is an extremely important aspect of one's own susceptibility to the disease — why isn't Obama's health an important question in this campaign?</p></blockquote><p>Another:]]></html></oembed>