When was he not thinking about running for President? He strategy all along has been to rely on independents and crossdressing DemocRATS to cross over. Good luck trying to win without the conservative Republican base vote.
All too correct. McCain knew he could count on RNC support on the state level no matter what...and that lead him to seriously discount the antipathy that conservatives have for the liberal agenda. So, for all these years, McCain has gone out of his way to poke us in the eye when he believed that we needed him more than he needed us.
And now that the tables are turned, McCain figures he can lie his way out of the hole he's dug for himself and all other liberal RINOs.
I am happy to say that we are through giving these sell-outs any more "second chances."