"John McCain has been talking a lot about his "Maverick" title, but the fact is that in order to become palatable to his own party he's had to come much more into step with the Republican party line."
Oh, but he more or less has been a maverick in the past. It's just recently that he did a complete 180 on a lot of issues just to toe the Republican party line. He was even asked by the Democratic Party to campaign on their side (with rumors that they wanted him as a VP nominee) -- but this was well before the Hillary/Obama standoff. [But google stymies me to find it due to drowning in McCain links.] However, with the selling out that McCain has done, the whole "Maverick" thing is very ironic.
Personally, I blame not McCain, but his campaign strategist. I am sad that McCain is desperate enough to listen.
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Date: 2008-09-18 10:29 pm (UTC)Oh, but he more or less has been a maverick in the past. It's just recently that he did a complete 180 on a lot of issues just to toe the Republican party line. He was even asked by the Democratic Party to campaign on their side (with rumors that they wanted him as a VP nominee) -- but this was well before the Hillary/Obama standoff. [But google stymies me to find it due to drowning in McCain links.] However, with the selling out that McCain has done, the whole "Maverick" thing is very ironic.
Personally, I blame not McCain, but his campaign strategist. I am sad that McCain is desperate enough to listen.