http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/mccain-and-fuzzy-videos.html"As a photographer it is VERY easy to see that most (if not all) video of John McCain is shot through a filter that blurs the video slightly. Just look at the video on Face the Nation this morning. Even on HD the video is blurry. One of the techniques actresses required as they aged is to photograph through cheesecloth. It blurs out the wrinkles.
There is no question in my mind that McCain is requiring the use of a filter to blur the image... and McCain is almost never photographed from his left. "
I remember Nureyev saying years ago that when he got old, they'd have to photograph him through a mattress. Warren Beatty used to insist on having his interviews filmed rather than videotaped, because the light was so much softer.