[MegaSilver]

A Republican, McCain nevertheless has many Democratic supporters and liberal columnist Maureen Dowd recently suggested that the Democratic ticket would be stronger with McCain in the Number 1 spot and Kerry at Number 2.

That alone is enough to get under my skin.

Senator McCain blends common sense with an absolute moral dedication to do what he thinks is right. What makes him puzzling to others in Congress, of course, is that McCain acts on his morals, politics be damned.

Well, nobody said that all standards of right and wrong were equally admirable, I guess...

[ken5050]

FYI, even if the DoJ took over the case, and got a death penalty verdict..the publc comments by Boxer and Feistein would beall that a defense atty would need to get the verdict overturned byu the 9th circuit..because of a prejudiced jury pool...

[razorback-bert]

McLame has no shame!

[Fitzcarraldo]

My greatest desire in life is to see Boxer apply for work at the Seven Vails.

[chimera]

Boxer herself is quoted in the San Francisco Sentinel as saying, "I've been for the death penalty in heinous crimes since 1985."

Well, then, Boxer should either get the needle, or just kill herself and save everyone the bother. She supports that most heinous of all crimes, murder of the innocent, since she is 100% in favor of abortion in all cases under any circumstance. Being an accessory to the murder of going on 50 million+ would likely be enough to convict in most any court (except maybe the 9th circus).

[Joe Boucher]

Mr. Mccain is an honorable viet nam veteran but over time he has become little more then a photo op clown.
A RHINO in no uncertain terms and i am ashamed he calls himself a republican.

[Cicero]

This guy is an absolute moron. When McCain returned from Vietnam, he dumped his loyal wife, married a rich girl with lots of connections, and went into politics. He used his war experience much like Kerry, to betray the POW-MIAs. He has a pretty good record for corrupt dealings, as well.

To say that he is a moral straight arrow is totally out to lunch.

[Warren]

Hosanna, heysanna, sanna, sanna ho.

[Seadog Bytes]

Not sure I agree with you regarding McCain, but maybe we CAN agree on Boxer.

[Zack Nguyen]

What makes him puzzling to others in Congress, of course, is that McCain acts on his morals, politics be damned.

Whether this is true or not I don't know, but I do know that Senator McCain helped pass a campaign "finance" reform bill that is the worst violation of the 1st amendment I've seen in my lifetime. He (and its supporters) claimed that it would keep the money out of politics. Of course nothing of the sort has happened.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

I don't really care so much that John McCain has gone off the reservation. For me, the really jarring aspect of McCain's work these past few years has been how incredibly idiotic his pet issues have been.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he dedicate the biography he wrote with the assistance of Mark Salter to Lori Berenson? I mean, why not just go over to H. Rap Brown and give him a big, wet French kiss?

Couple that with the numerous issues he hasn't addressed in a forthright way, (can anyone say Straight Talk Express?) take illegal immigration for example, or discriminatory quotas in college admissions and you won't be scatching your head over why he lost the Republican nomination four years ago.

Even the few times that he has hit upon a genuinely noble stance-I'm thinking of his attempt to dismantle New York's arcane ballot-gathering procedures-his pomposity has ruined any claim he might have had to the moral high ground.