Hullo.

I was reading the 'Rating the Founding Fathers' article by David Greeberg [http://www.slate.com/id/11127­0/] and I'm confused by this statement:

"In the area of political philosophy, Adams' skepticism about unbounded democracy also looks a bit better these days, at least to those who blame him for the dastardly deeds of right-wing fanatics, such as Timothy McVeigh, who have invoked his more radical statements ("The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants"). Yet another blow was dealt to poor Jefferson four years ago with Pauline Maier's book American Scripture, which showed that the Declaration of Independence, considered one of Jefferson's greatest achievements, in fact drew heavily from many similar proclamations that colonies and towns had issued throughout early 1776. As a final irony, Ellis and McCullough remind us that Adams was the one who picked Jefferson to write the Declaration in the first place."

Is that a mistake? Was Jefferson a skeptic over 'unbounded democracy', or was that Adams? The article Greenberg links to connects Thomas Jefferson and McVeigh, and doesn't refer to Adams.

I'd love it if someone could explain the above bolded statement - I can't make head or tails of it!

Thanks,
ESO.