Gloria Feldt links McCain’s open hostility towards his wife with his larger hostility towards women. This moment has really exposed the lip-smacking piety on the right as the base sexism it is—if “pro-life” Christians do better at biker rallies that hold up women for lust-driven ridicule than they do at peace rallies, there’s only one conclusion. The right’s attitudes about women have nothing to do with “life” or “chivalry” and everything to do with plain old misogyny.