As usual Peggy Noonan nails it. She sees these self-serving egomaniacs for what they are. And it's always the same handful of them who hog the cameras and try to pass themselves off as heroes.
A humble Senator like James Inhofe - you just don't see
his mug all over the cameras. The same holds true for Senator Brownback.
Someone posted a McCain quote on one of the threads yesterday. It was McCain going on and on about how very popular he is and how wonderful he is, and he almost singlehandedly won the election for Bush in '04, blah, blah, blah. I don't remember where it was posted, but I hope someone will post it to this thread.