Perhaps it is true that McCain wants to run a "clean campaign", etc. Perhaps that is why he attacked the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth recently too. I am unaware of any ethical lapses on the part of the SBVforT, but perhaps I'm not very intelligent and just don't know.
And maybe, just perhaps, John McCain and the RNC want to attract moderates, although I believe they've already done that. And perhaps they want to attract crossovers when some of Oslima's Kool Aid drinkers wake up and realize how ugly the guy is they went to bed with last night. Maybe McCain and the RNC don't believe they need conservative voters to win. Maybe the RNC, which was reported to be lagging behind the DNC in fund raising, doesn't need conservative dollars. Maybe the RNC and McCain want to continue to reach across the aisle, we've seen how successful that's been. Maybe the RNC and John McCain don't care about the farm team of down the slate Republicans, and are only in it for one last shot at the White House?
Or perhaps its really all about being a kinder gentler Republican Party. We've been heard that before, including us unintelligent people, done that, got the T-shirt, and the screwing that went with it.
John Sydney Mc Cain....