Screamin' Demo boss Howard Dean says he feared Mitt Romney more than any other Republican presidential candidate.

Why was the Democratic National Committee chair, left, scared of Mitt? Romney's truckloads of money, of course, and because he’s “articulate.” Now Mitt is putting that silver tongue, if not the wealth, at the service of John McCain.

What would Mitt do? McCain says he would not attend the opening ceremonies at the Olympics, if he were president.

Unless they change something pretty quickly, I would not go to the opening ceremonies.

I would say right now, this depends on Chinese behavior. Unless there is some progress with the Dalai Lama, including conversations with him, including stopping this brutal crackdown that we’re seeing in Tibet, then I would make the decision not to go. But I would say to the Chinese, "Look, clean up your act here. This is not acceptable."

You can’t have a nation that’s the world’s super power in many respects behave like this, that – an oppressive and brutal fashion. So I think a message needs to be sent to the Chinese, and a pretty strong one. But I would say, ‘Look, I can decide the day before the opening ceremonies,’ but I would certainly keep that option open if I were president.

I've got to wonder what Olympic champion Mitt thinks about boycotting the opening ceremonies?