fighting fighting yes i'm fighting not to

Surely one of the worst things about being a politician is having to be willing to repeat your jokes countless times because they may be new to whatever audience you're addressing. If I were John McCain, I'd have been pretty pleased with myself the first time I pulled out the one that goes: "You know, some people say Congress spends money like a drunken sailor; I once got a letter from a retired Navy fellow that said, 'As a former drunken sailor, I resent that comparison!'" But then as I'd have to tell it again and again at debates and town halls and to individual Iowans and New Hampshirites, I'd probably die a little inside each time.