It's beginning to look as though republicans will have their very own basket case for a candidate. JMO, but John McCain is the nearest thing to a loose cannon the pubbies have ever been able to get this close to "the button". Even Barry Goldwater, for all his bluster, was not the unknown quantity that John McCain is.
In any case, "our" people let us down -- badly in many cases. With dims in office, at least we have a known enemy.
I completely agree with your assessment, and I haven't heard many people make that frightening observation. McCain sometimes exhibits the same kind of eerie, 'manic' behavior as Howard Dean.
~ joanie