[deport]

He backed off when he had a chance to be a leader. He bucks to pressure too quickly.

Yep, ought to make it easier for you to get your candidate nominated next go round.... "makes sense" to me.

[Satadru]

If the primaries were not cooked, GWB had no chance. The whole McCain thing was to make GWB look conservative. I am not sure who would have won, but not someone who lied about reading James Byrnes' biography.