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Cedric, just write down in a notebook all that he did during his campaign, without any reference to whom the facts belong.

Wait 3 weeks or a month, and then go back to the notebook. Or better yet, hand it to someone politically unaware and ask them to read it but don't ID the person committing the actions and tell them it was a "race for governer". Ask him if he thinks that person threw "the governers' race".

I did this, as an experiment, with one of my sons.
It opened his eyes when I gave him the 2nd notebook that attributed all the quotes, votes, and actions.

Its amazing how much of our thought processes are colored by presupposition.

This isn't a knock, but it seems that you are among those who continually cut McCain slack because of his time as a POW. That you take it into consideration is commendable, but he isn't that man. He's not just going-along-to-get-along, he's actually pushing as hard as possible for the Socialists.

Have you noticed his gut response to anything is to trash Conservatives? Even when they're on his side, he can't resist the low-blow. If you read statements of his from biographies of his and the past Senator (maybe it was a Governor, its been a few years since I read it...) from AZ (a Dem) he gushes at how this guy mentored him and he always feels more at home w/the direction of the Dem party.

He's even said that the Dems are a fine party, and their ideas are America's future, but that "the Republican Party has lost its way."

Is that a statement you agree with? If not, instead of defending him, help defeat him. In my view, it doesn't matter if Socialism is succored by somebody with an "R" or a "D" after their names, nor that they might mean well.

Everyone dumps on "purists" -- not saying you do, but the call is to be "practical".
Well, as a practical matter, if we let ourselves get there by tiny steps, we're still there. If we reward Socialist empowering actions, we'll get more of those actions.