McCain does this every once in a long while. He fancies himself a statesman.
He is in no way viable as a possible presidential candidate, but he knows Dr. Rice is.
Would she be President Dr. Rice, or Dr. President Rice?
Ooooh, I like how you think... :') You've hit it I think... McCain knows at the very least he'll have Condi as Sec'y of State for the next four years or so, and perhaps as a president sometime thereafter. McCain does run a little hot, and his intemperate words toward the Dims, though deserved, are an example of this. When he says something like this about that Party Across the Tracks, we pat his back, but when he says something like this about GWB, or some other Republican or conservative, we forget that he's just got the blarney. Uh, assuming that, well, anyway...
I've lost a lot of respect for the man over the years, and don't consider him a reliable ally of the President or this Administration. He fancies himself a rebel after reading the MSM's portrayals of his "honesty" during the 2000 primaries.
Guess they "forgot" the Keating 5 and all his other transgressions so they could gin up an interesting primary season to cover.