Update: U.S. Sen. John McCain Discovers the Internets

The Politico's Mike Allen reports that U.S. Sen. John McCain has finally awoken to the modern ways of the 21st century. In other words, he is learning to get online all by himself.

John McCain says in an interview published this weekend that he has begun learning the wonders of the World Wide Web, but does not yet e- mail or have a BlackBerry.

The revelation, while putting McCain far behind the majority of Americans in tech savvy, is a big change from his admission this winter that he was "illiterate" when it came to computers.

"I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself," McCain told Adam Nagourney and Michael Cooper of The New York Times.

"I don’t expect to be a great communicator, I don’t expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need."

I'm sure it's only a matter of time that Sen. McCain will be playing Scrabulous on Facebook on his new MacBook Air. All kidding aside, Sen. McCain is smart to (finally) prepare himself for the 21st century workplace. It only took a lifetime, but whatever. l8r, Sen. McCain!