Roughly half of Mr. McCain's staff left or was let go. He split with his longtime political soulmate, John Weaver (whom Mr. McCain says he has not spoken to since). He was left alone to parry a blitz of "Is McCain getting out?" questions from onece-swooning reporters he once jokingly referred to as "my base."
And yet, here is Mr. McCain, the happy warrior on a last mission, an odd mix of liberated and subdued. Between jokes, he is steadfast in his support for the present course in Iraq, his voice hushing to a near-whisper during paeans to the United States military. He is also prone to solemn monologoues against the evils of torturing prisoners and the atrocities committed by "those thugs in Burma" against pro-democracy demonstrators, neither of which are top-of-the-agenda issues for most Republican voters. But they are important to John McCain, never mind the polls and the focus groups, which are too expensive anyway." Not saying I agree with him on everything. But I have some hope for this guy. I think we should stand for or
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And yet, here is Mr. McCain, the happy warrior on a last mission, an odd mix of liberated and subdued. Between jokes, he is steadfast in his support for the present course in Iraq, his voice hushing to a near-whisper during paeans to the United States military. He is also prone to solemn monologoues against the evils of torturing prisoners and the atrocities committed by "those thugs in Burma" against pro-democracy demonstrators, neither of which are top-of-the-agenda issues for most Republican voters. But they are important to John McCain, never mind the polls and the focus groups, which are too expensive anyway."
Not saying I agree with him on everything. But I have some hope for this guy. I think we should stand for or ( ... )
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