My opinion is that at the very end the communist finally broke McCain, a person can only stand so much. The cruel treatment he received has made him susceptible to sucking up to everyone politically(especially the media)in order to get attention and kind treatment. Not excusing him, in fact I feel he should never have gone into politics with his background of torture and possible mental instability. McCain/Feingold should have told anyone everything they need to know about McCain's real state of mind.
On the bright side, he did bring Sarah Palin into the realm of national politics, and I’m grateful for that.
We need more like her.