Meghan McCain Gets Candid in Playboy Interview

Meghan McCain, the daughter of former Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, appears in the April issue of Playboy magazine.

The 27-year-old political commentator may not take off her clothes for the men's magazine, but still reveals quite a bit... in the interview.

Check out McCain's Playboy interview:

PLAYBOY: Conservatives are as hard on you as liberals. Right-wing blogger Dan Riehl sniped that "this self-indulgent set of mega-breasts doesn't belong anywhere near a TV studio commenting on anything."

MCCAIN: Who says stuff like that? Some guys out there just can't handle a woman with a strong opinion. And the quickest way to cut down a woman is to talk about her appearance. Do I care? No. Every guy I've ever dated and every boyfriend I've ever had-nobody ever complained about my body. And there are way more important things for me to do than obsess about my weight. We have an election going on, people!

PLAYBOY: Visualize for a moment how America would be different had your dad won.

MCCAIN: Oh, Lord. You would have the craziest first daughter ever, who'd be making ridiculous headlines and hurting the administration every step of the way. That aside, I think Dad would have made an incredible president. The recession wouldn't have been as bad as it is now. We wouldn't be pulling troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq. I think morale in the military and in the country at large would be higher and we'd be much further on the road to recovery.

PLAYBOY: Say a little more about the hanging-out-in-bed-with-girlfriends part.

MCCAIN: Watch it, mister. My friends from home came over to support me, and we got in my parents' big bed. They have this huge California king and we just stayed up eating ice cream. I'm not a lesbian, if that's what you're asking. I'd be the first person to tell the world I was gay. I'm not private about anything. I think you should live how you should live. But I'm strictly dickly. I can't help it. I love sex and I love men.

PLAYBOY: So we shouldn't read anything into your vocal support of same-sex marriage and the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" or how much you love Rachel Maddow and hang out with Tila Tequila?

MCCAIN: Honey, you're nobody unless you have a gay rumor about you. I've been hit on by women from time to time, and it might simplify my life if I were gay, but no. Rachel and Tila are just great people. For me, it's an issue of civil rights. Who people want to sleep with and who they want to love should not have anything to do with government politics at all. And if you see me in a gay bar, it's only because they play the best music and my gay friends like to dance. Gay guys love me. It's the big boobs and blonde hair.

PLAYBOY: Do you ever think twice about partying in public for fear it will show up on Gawker the next morning?

MCCAIN: Oh, I can't live like that. I do get paranoid when I'm wearing low-cut dresses that somebody's going to take a picture and put it on the internet and be like, "Meghan was showing off her breasts again." But you know, showing a little cleavage can make a girl feel sexy too. Like Jessica Simpson says, if you got it, you should flaunt it once in a while. I've been pretty open about the fact that I like to go out and have a good time with friends. I've never done drugs, and I never would. So there's that. But what am I supposed to do, stay in and read a book? I come from a family of whiskey drinkers. My brothers like to drink and have a good time. It's America, man. There's nothing wrong with going out and listening to music and having a little Jack and Coke.

PLAYBOY: What's cool about being famous?

MCCAIN: People don't recognize me that much unless I'm with my dad. I look different without makeup on, and usually I wear beanies and big sweaters and look like I'm drunk all the time. I got good seats at the Republican convention last time and got to meet all the Palins.

PLAYBOY: Bristol Palin took shots at you and your mom in her memoir, saying, "I've never seen people with so much Louis Vuitton luggage, so many cell phones, and so many constant helpers to do hair and makeup." What would you say if you bumped into her?

MCCAIN: I did bump into her at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, actually. I saw her across the room. That girl biffed it fast, totally took off. All that stuff she wrote was a total lie. I have, like, one Louis Vuitton purse. She's just young and confused and was thrust into all this. The media aren't kind to her. But once someone signs up for Dancing With the Stars, it's hard to sympathize.

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