McCain Responds to Beck

Politico reports

Thinking about criticizing Meghan McCain’s figure? You should probably hit the gym first and make sure you’ve got Aaron Schock abs.

Or, like radio host Glenn Beck did on Thursday, you might get a taste of your own medicine.

McCain fired back at Beck in an open letter on the Daily Beast after he and his co-hosts used McCain’s skin cancer PSA as fodder on their Wednesday show.

“As a person who is known for his hot body, you must find it easy to judge the weight fluctuations of others, especially young women,” McCain wrote with a shake of sarcasm thrown in.

If you’re not familiar with the back-story, Meghan McCain was featured in a recently released “Naked” PSA for skin cancer prevention. Though she and others in the PSA were meant to appear nude, McCain revealed no more than she would have in a strapless dress. (And it turns out she was wearing a dress during the filming.) Beck viewed the PSA during his show and coupled his commentary with a very long fake puking session. Every time he said her name, he would pretend to lose his lunch.

Result? A very unhappy McCain clan. Both John and Cindy McCain have battled skin cancer, a point Meghan McCain made in her letter.

“I don’t know if you know this, Mr. Beck, but that scar on the side of my father’s face is from a melanoma he had removed when I was in middle school. Did you know melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer?” wrote McCain.

She continued, “You suggested I should wear a burqa, since you believe that's probably the only clothing that could possibly fit me. By the way, you should really see a doctor because it isn’t normal to vomit for that long. While you're at the doctor's office, why not get checked for moles on your skin to make sure you don’t have any signs of skin cancer?”

McCain, like her mother who tweeted about Beck on Wednesday, couldn’t help but mention the fact that his show will no longer air on Fox. “I mean, if you’re too conservative and outrageous for Fox, that should tell you something,” she said before signing off: “Love, Meghan.”