[sam_paine]

If you could look at John McCain as a barrel of apples,

On the other hand.....if you could look at the Senate as a barrel of apples, you'd HAVE to consider McCain as a bad apple....

[Sir Charles]

I agree. The point I want to make, as you probably know, is that even a bad apple has one or two good bites. Let's not throw it out until we've gotten whatever good there is to get.