Quick join query

Hi,

I have four tables which I wish to join into a view using the following code:

CREATE VIEW web_search AS
SELECT * FROM basic_search
LEFT JOIN comment USING (bioentry_id)
LEFT JOIN bioentry_reference USING (bioentry_id)
LEFT JOIN taxon_name USING (taxon_id);

I have two questions regarding this creation:

1. If I only want to join one column from the table "comment" rather than the
whole table, is there a way to do this with a create view statement? (comment
table has 4 columns Comment_id, Bioentry_id, Comment_text, Rank but I just want
comment_text to be joined to basic search).

2. The last join throws an error because a column in taxon_name has the same
name as one in basic search ("name"). Is there a way to change a column name
within the join statement?

Many thanks for your help,

Stephen