“One of the things I truly admire about John McCain, is his willingness to stand up for what he believes. There is a strength to his character, which is very clear to see.”
A principled stand is indeed something to be admired. However, McCain started out as a principled conservative from Arizona and morphed into Democrat light in exchange for favorable media coverage - plus he seems to take great delight in smacking around conservatives by embracing idiocy such as “global warming”.
Hell, even the “global warming” crowd had the good sense to recognize the con job was up when they did the name change thing.