For McCain the 3AM phone call is no big deal.

[Jackpine Radical]

He's generally up going to the bathroom about then anyway.

[snowbear]

1. Nope.. according to ABC, he'll sleep peacefully with Ambien right through it..

McCain's Ambien Use: a Security Threat?

Sleep Drug Known for Memory-Linked Side Effects; Most Doctors Unconcerned
By DAN CHILDS
ABC News Medical Unit

RSS In a presidential race marked by references to preparedness in the face of the 3 a.m. call, the revelation that presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain has taken the sleeping pill Ambien during his travels raises concerns that the rare side effects of the medication could impair his judgment.




"Taking more than the recommended dosage of Ambien or combining it with other sedative-hypnotics — for example, alcohol — may result in amnesia, fugue states and sleep walking," said Dr. Peter A. Fotinakes, medical director of the St. Joseph Sleep Disorders Center in Orange, Calif. "Used appropriately, Ambien is a relatively safe medication."

Though rare, such side effects associated with Ambien have made headlines.

Patients who claimed that they engaged in a bizarre variety of activities while asleep after taking the drug — from binge eating to driving their cars while asleep — lodged class action lawsuit in 2006 against Sanofi-Aventis, the maker of the drug.

http://media.abcnews.com/Health/Politics/story?id=4919842&page=1

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2. I stay away from sleeping pills. Period.

And I'm someone who has gone through bouts of insomnia before. I'd rather go a few days on bad sleep than put any of that shit in my body.

[snowbear]

4. If the McBush's get in, they'll open a pharmacy in the left wing..

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[AndyTiedye]

3. It Would REALLY SUCK to Have our "President" Start WW 3 IN HIS SLEEP!