Remember all the praise that the media heaped on John McCain and other Republicans who veered away from some of the conservative policies of their party? They were hailed as “mavericks.” Notice how no such label is ever applied by the media for Democrats who stray from the liberal line.
In fact, in the case of Senator John Fetterman, New York magazine spread the suggestion that such divergences were due to health, specifically mental health issues.
On Friday, we saw this treatment applied to John Fetterman by former Washington Post reporter Ben Terris in “All By Himself.” The subtitle gets more specific as to why the angst over Fetterman going maverick on some important issues, “John Fetterman insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.”
When John Fetterman was released from Walter…
