McCain seems more like Wormtongue.
The corruption of the ring was that it was a forgery (pun intended). It was meant as a lock upon, and thereby a stand-in for, the true "ring of power" of divine Grace, which is alive and ever-free, and chooses it's own to work through.
From time immmorial, the fundamental sin has been to try to seize that power through force and will, rather than be chosen by it and serve it with humility.
That's why I laugh at people who look at Jesus as weak. Jesus stood on the banks of infinity, reaching out his hands to those going over a cliff, on fire, into hell, and as they passed by, in agony, they spit at his hands and called him weak and cursed him as they went over the cliff.
So who "won"?
Frodo succumbed to the Ring of Power. If Gollum hadn’t bitten his finger off (and taken the Ring with it), and then lost his footing and fell with the Ring into the lava of Mt. Doom, the Ring wouldn’t have been destroyed.
Yes, Frodo resisted for a long time, but Frodo wasn’t immune to its powers. Therein lies the moral of the story. No one (not even Hobbits) can resist the allure of Absolute Power, and all that it entails.
Of course, one could also say that he is casting himself as Saruman...
Hardly. Frodo WAS corrupted by the One Ring. It nearly destroyed him, and led him to attack Sam, forsake his quest, and ultimately even fight Gollum at Mount Doom. He was desperate to keep the Ring.
The only Ringbearer to escape the corruption of Sauron was lowly Samwise Gamgee, whose heart was so simple and pure that he actually held the Ring for a while, then, in an act even Gandalf could not match, willingly gave it up.
The hero of "Lord of the Rings" is not Frodo Baggins. It's Sam.
Wow, man. I´m havin´ a flashback.
Tolkien=Bible=Wagner????? Lighten up. Ya’ll could take the fun outta ice cream. Or is it sherbet,or sorbet, or frozen yogurt,or Heaven forbid ice milk???/s