Possibly....I won’t discount your view. I only know that this man is insane - two personalities: one a madman, the other an appeasing pussy.
I read someone’s comment, I forget where, but McCain said he hoped the republicans had learned their lesson and the comment made the point that statement sounded like something McCain had gotten from the commies that tortured him “Did you learn your lesson”.
When McCain learned his lesson, they stopped torturing him.