Well to be fair, McCain's career voting record is mostly conservative, and he has made some moves (no doubt politically motivated) recently to try and make up with the base.
But then you have his amnesty bill with a fellow senator who has a history of fraudulent, deceptive immigration 'reform' -- Ted Kennedy. You have him spearheading the Gang of 14, which may prove fatal to chances for another Alito type nominee in 207 or 2008 if the GOP loses just 2 or 3 seats in the Senate this year.
"If such demonstrations continue, I think we will have a bill for the President to sign soon," the Arizona Republican told a New York City gathering on Friday sponsored by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform.
"The more debate, the more demonstrations, the more likely we will prevail," McCain added, in quotes picked up by the New York Daily News.
THESE QUOTES WILL BE PART OF A TV ADD AGAINST MCCAIN.
To be fair, he is always willing to back-stap when the TV cameras are running. The antique media pay no attention to our good Senator, Kyle.
It was doubtful whether McCain would help Bush in the last campaign. He finally did. Bush has tried to help McCain in various extravagant ways - perhaps a deal was made. I hope Bush does as much for McCain as Nixon did for Governor Connelly.