YouTube Stops John McCain's Singing

A political video featuring John McCain has been removed from YouTube, and MoveOn.org is not happy about it.  You’ll have to decide for yourself whether the group is trying to preserve free speech or let an opponent embarrass himself, but the matter speaks to larger issues in either case.

But first, the facts of the case.  “I got word that YouTube today TOOK DOWN an ORIGINAL piece of video content (not any news network) that had John McCain joking about bombing Iran,” said MoveOn.org’s Adam Green in an e-mail to Murdok.  Indeed, an attempt to view the clip led only to a “

"We appreciate the prompt feedback from our community regarding the
McCain video. It was flagged by our users, we reviewed it and it was
mistakenly removed. We have examined the situation and have since
reinstated the video."