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I can't stand McCain/Palin, but reading that supposed letter from the professor talking about her meeting with McCain and his family clearly is wrong.
According to the letter, the writer met McCain prior to his 2000 run. However, she then writes the following:
"I actively avoided McCain after that, but unfortunately one day he engaged me in a political discussion which soon got us on the topic of the active US bombing of Iraq at that time. I was shocked when he said, "If I was in charge, I would nuke Iraq to teach them a lesson". Given McCain's personal experience with the horrors of war, I had expected a more balanced point of view."
Look at the dates. The US wasn't "actively bombing Iraq" in 2000.
The war was still three or four years away.
I think that proves substantively that the letter is false.
Hit McCain/Palin on their own de-merits; don't make them up.
