McCain Asleep During State of the Union Speech?

[RBCal]

Video of McCain sleeping during Bush's speech

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/24/...-falls-asleep/

It sure doesn't make him look young and vigorous.

[Ana Ng]

I saw that! I wonder how that's gonna play out.

[J.G. Walker]

I saw that last night during the speech and wondered if he was asleep. I assumed he was looking down at something (a cell phone, pda, his navel), and that his slight changes of expression were a result of whatever he was reading.

On the other hand, maybe he was dreaming about chasing squirrels...

[Buckle Up]

Could it have been playing possum to make Bush look bad? It's a conspiracy!

It appears the person in front of him (mostly blocked by all the crap on the screen) is 'sleeping' as well.

[Starla]

It was probably past his bedtime.

They are reading printed versions of the address.

[Malruhn]

If he was nodding off, his head would be showing his agreement to everything that the President was saying... (nod... nod... nod) - especially if he suddenly woke up enough to swallow (as he did).

He was looking down at something in his lap.

I think he is looking down, not sleeping. To me, his face does not have a relaxed, sleeping look to it.

[snopes]

The caption in the Washington Post said that L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley were "sleepily" flanking D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty during President Bush's speech.