McCain 2.0

There is an interesting piece on the 2000 Republican primary in South Carolina and its impact on John McCain. The point of the piece is nicely summed up by McCain himself talking about his 'evolution' on the issue of the Confederate flag:

"I feared that if I answered honestly, I could not win the South Carolina primary," Mr. McCain later conceded. "So I chose to compromise my principles."

In a clear (and somewhat frightening) by whatever means necessary move, McCain has actually hired the Bush state chair that ran the smear campaign against him in 2000 and still refuses to apologize for attacking McCain's daughter and wife - calling it just 'part of the process down here'.

While he may be a megalomaniac, McCain also seems like the type to harbor a grudge. Would President McCain be a sellout to religious groups or use the powers they have helped Bush consolidate to put a boot to the back of everyone of them who even looked at his daughter cross eyed? The only thing worse than a lover scorned is a father antagonized.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/art/111881/19