Some More on John McCain

Remember when you could hear someone mention John McCain and not clench out of the embarassment he must feel at who he has become? Remember when the Republicans gave us hope by nominating a sensible moderate who could work across the aisles? Now, I just kind of shake my head at the things he comes up with. I might do a post on his crazy non-sensical speech during the DADT debate, but Joe Klein does a good job summing up Senator McCain for me:

McCain distinguished himself doubly this weekend, opposing the Dream Act and leading the opposition to "Don't Ask," despite the very public positions of his wife and daughter on the other side of the issue. I used to know a different John McCain, the guy who proposed comprehensive immigration reform with Ted Kennedy, the guy--a conservative, to be sure, but an honorable one--who refused to indulge in the hateful strictures of his party's extremists. His public fall has been spectacular, a consequence of politics--he "needed" to be reelected--and personal pique. He's a bitter man now, who can barely tolerate the fact that he lost to Barack Obama. But he lost for an obvious reason: his campaign proved him to be puerile and feckless, a politician who panicked when the heat was on during the financial collapse, a trigger-happy gambler who chose an incompetent for his vice president. He has made quite a show ever since of demonstrating his petulance and lack of grace.

Klein also points out that McCain was an original sponsor of the DREAM Act and still voted against it, even though he "recently won reelection and doesn't have to pretend to be a troglodyte anymore." It makes you wonder if McCain cannot accept the fact that he cannot be president no matter how much he kicks and screams.