He’ll bollix up everything, given the chance.

Did John McCain make a reference to testicles in a recent speech?

As a matter of fact, he did.

The United States Supreme Court yesterday rendered a decision which I think is one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.
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So now what are we going to do. We are now going to have the courts flooded with so-called, quote, Habeas Corpus suits against the government, whether it be about the diet, whether it be about the reading material. And we are going to be bollixed up in a way that is terribly unfortunate, because we need to go ahead and adjudicate these cases.

Astute readers might have noticed that ‘bollix’ appears to be a variant of ‘bollocks’, which indeed it is.

The Online Etymological Dictionary (that’s the other OED) says it’s a

respelling (euphemistic?) of bollocks, pl. of bollock “testicle,” from O.E. beallucas “testicles,”

As to the content, McCain is arguing that the rule of law shouldn’t be followed because it’s too time-consuming. Much better to just throw people in jail forever because you just know in your heart that they’re guilty.

To which I say, bollocks.