[melt]

McCain was chosen by the media, and the boys in the smokey back room——not us. He’s a loser.

[RegT]

“McCain was chosen by the media, and the boys in the smokey back room——not us. He’s a loser.”

Someone in the GOP must have voted for him somewhere along the line?

[ncalburt]

what the heck are talking about ?
He won in a very divided field because he had name recognition and the retires / the military voted for him.
The Repub primaries are set up with a large number of winner take all contests to prevent a divided convention.
There was no great conspiracy.