Senator John McCain

Lots of Democrats fall all over themselves fawning over McCain. The mere thought of a McCain VP nod with Kerry had some pretty logical people in a seemingly Ecstasy induced stupor. Let it be clear that John McCain is a Republican before anything else. On "NBC News 'Meet The Press'" he said, "I believe that President Bush deserves re-election."

No really, he did. You should pause and ponder that for just a moment.

Sure, he probably personally hates Bush and all of his campaign staff, especially after how they attacked him personally in the 2000 campaign. Sure, he doesn't really agree with Bush on, well, almost anything. But he isn't going to cut and run on his conservative beliefs, even if the president only pays lip service to those very same beliefs.

He says he agrees with the president on national security, when what he really means is that he agrees with what Bush says about national security, and not what he actually does about national security. He may take verbal stabs at Bush, but as he said, "I cherish the ideals and principles of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan."

He had me until that last one. I for one will welcome the return of the Lincoln/Roosevelt Republicans. These pretenders to the throne have worn out their welcome.

(I would trackback to this Daily Kos story, but it seems that trackback is disabled right now.)