Elizabeth Drew, who penned a rather adulatory McCain biography just a few years ago (Citizen McCain, 2002), says:
… In retrospect, other once-hailed McCain efforts – his cultivation of the press (“my baseâ€) and even his fight for campaign finance reform (launched in the wake of his embarrassment over the Keating Five scandal) now seem to have been simply maneuvers. …
McCain’s recent conduct of his campaign – his willingness to lie repeatedly (including in his acceptance speech) and to play Russian roulette with the vice-presidency, in order to fulfill his long-held ambition – has reinforced my earlier, and growing, sense that John McCain is not a principled man.
In fact, it’s not clear who he is.
Is there a single thinking person left who supports this man?
Or is it only those who hold up "character" as the sole criterion for the presidency–while frantically closing their eyes to his character, putting their hands firmly over their ears, and humming loudly?