[Seaplaner]

McCain was a good pilot, and I don't hold that admiral's son thing against him. He still graduated the USNA (not with distinction, but he made it), and by all accounts, he flew well.

McCain flew A-4s off of a carrier, and weak pilots just don't do that. Several years in the hellish Hanoi Hilton attest to some inner strength.

That said, he is a horrible, horrible senator and an intermittent GOP turncoat. I tend to think that he knows the difference between conservative and liberal (and who is right and who is wrong); but he has this overpowering weakness for complementary ink. He must absolutely LIVE for heavy petting from the dominant media. This is vanity in its sickest form, one suspects, and he needs to be shown the (primary election) door, with all due disrespect.

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[isthisnickcool]

I’ve been around McCain and his family several times. His mental state is questionable. He is unable to modify whatever he thinks is fact even when faced with facts.

Graham is just odd. He was on the Senate floor today and said a lot. If you watch and listen to him at the end of his speech he totally contradicts what he says in the body of his speech when he says at the end we will kill you and you made us, etc. The last thing he says is weird.

Both McCain and Graham have been in Washington too long and no longer have any idea what daily reality is in America.

[Rational Thought]

The one thing about McCain that should be apparent by now is he is no friend to Conservatives.

Oh, every once in a while he and his buddy make some statement or take some stance that sounds good, but when the rubber hits the road, both of these guys vote and think like their Democrat “friends”.

Your observation regarding McCain's (and Graham's) passion for exposure and acceptance by the media is dead on.