Epiphany, Senator? You had the chance to lead, and instead you’ve allowed us all to be victimized as emotionally and mentally in many ways as you were.
A war hero you were long ago. A mediocre politician you are today.
Doubtful that it was an epiphany. When McCain & Sarah Palin came to speak in Colorado Springs, my understanding is that her speech was SRO, but that people started leaving after she left the stage (but before he took the stage).
There were pictures around the time of their visit that seemed to back this up. Additionally, there were so many reports during the campaign of in-fighting between the McCain & Palin camps that seemed to flow from his side being angry that he was being eclipsed.
A war hero you were long ago. A mediocre politician you are today.
I supported and would have voted for him in 2000. But by this last election, things had changed. McCain never seemed to want to fight for anything, but seemed to think that he deserved it anyway. He was disengaged, nonchalant. The sense I got was that McCain thought it was finally his turn, and that it really didn't matter what he did or said, the presidency was going to be his.
McCain was wrong, but he's much too insulated from the lives of average Americans to know or care about is actions affect the rest of us.