It was my distinct impression that they were not "McCain Peeps" ---- they were ROMNEY-bots, and when his campaign folded, Meg Whitman took the lot of them over to McCain -- who said "Meg is WISE," LOLOLOL, and their SOLE INTENTION was to sabotage McCain's campaign, in whatever way they could.
They wanted Romney to be the Prez, and Meg was supposed to be selected by Mittens for VP.
They wanted to make sure that McCain would NOT win, so that they could do Romney/Whitman in 2012, AGAINST BHO, they couldn't do that against a President McCain.
Meantime, I think that Mega Whitman has belatedly realized that America isn't going to elect Romney, so now she's planning on Whitman/Romney~2012
no no, once Romney’s campaign folded and they all headed to McCain: the intent was to have Romney be McCain’s VICE PRESIDENTIAL candidate...that’s why Whitman and all of them were so upset and snide about Palin. It wasn’t until after Palin was chosen that many of the campaign insiders didn’t care if McCain lost.