You are right. I thought about that even as I typed the condemnation of McCain.
No one paved the road for Obama more than Bush II did with his wild spending, tendency to listen to foolish sycophants and reckless drift toward sympathy with the left.
But with both the George Bushes you had to believe that they thought they had the country's best interests in mind.
McCain has only his own pride, bitterness and vengeance to pursue.
But with both the George Bushes you had to believe that they thought they had the country's best interests in mind.
I'm no mind reader, but I'm not prepared to accept your premise that the Bushes are/were any less venal than McCain. It's a little difficult to give the benefit of the doubt and assume that anyone who wants to encourage the flow of illegal immigrants to this country has its "best interests in mind."