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I need a Dramamine to cover GOP Sen. John McCain's re-election bid. With his desperate lurch to the right, he's inducing more motion sickness than a Disney Land teacup. McCain's campaign represents the same self-serving political cynicism that American voters have grown tired of stomaching from the current White House. We need choices, not carbon copies. After decades of embracing the liberal media moniker "maverick" for his frequent derision of the conservative wing of the Republican Party, McCain has now abandoned the label. He told Newsweek magazine earlier this month: "I never considered myself a maverick." But countless YouTube videos...

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is fighting back hard against claims made by his primary opponent J.D. Hayworth that he is soft and wavering on immigration reform —calling Hayworth's comments "dishonest," "disgraceful" and "despicable." Hayworth, who attacked the former presidential nominee on Arizona television, accused McCain of flip-flopping on the issue of amnesty for electoral gain after news broke during the weekend that an illegal immigrant allegedly killed an Arizona citizen and the senator called for troops to be deployed to the state's border. The McCain campaign acted swiftly, with communications director Brian Rogers blasting the following release: "It is despicable...