IN: He went on to say that if it was up to him he would have dropped many more nuclear bombs on Japan . I rapidly extricated myself from this conversation as I could tell that his experience being tortured as a POW did n't seem to have mellowed out his perspective , but rather had made him more aggressive and vengeful towards the world . My final encounter with McCain was on the morning that he was leaving Turtle Island . Amy and I were happily eating pancakes when McCain arrived and told Amy that she should n't be having pancakes because she needed to lose weight .
What meal were Amy and I enjoying together when McCain arrived ?

OUT: We were eating breakfast .

IN: You were a point of convergence . You were a line that never got erased , and continued to exist in the loophole of existence , simply because you came into being . " It dawned on me that he was speaking in past tense - dawned , and knotted my gut . " Wait , " I said , nearly tripping .
What might have happened to me that he 's speaking in past tense ?

OUT: I might have died prior to this .

IN: I love honky tonk music . Waylon Jennings is my hero . Merle Haggard , Willie Nelson , Buck Owens , Dwight Yoakam , Johnny Cash , Hank Williams , Hank II , and my newfound loves - Moe Bandy , and Charley Pride .
Why might all these artists be his favorite ?

OUT:
He is from the country where the music is popular