[badbert04]

McCain is a fiscal conservative, who is strong on defense. He also backs our President for re-election and has taken the time to stump for him in NH and FL among other places. So why attack him? I think it just risk creating useless cracks within the party.

[repentant_pundit]

I guess you're right, badbert04. When someone like McCain pulls an unconstitutional (by all measures except the current supreme court) stunt like his "campaign finance reform" bill, we should remain silent. He should never be criticized when he's wrong, because after all, he's right on some other things.

Mr. McCain heartily agrees with you - criticism of an incumbent politician like him is simply wrong - that's why he's working so hard to make it illegal. And in regards to cracks within the party, McCain has created more of them than anyone. He has been very complimentary of his friend, John Kerry. And last week, he condemned an anti-Kerry ad created by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.