David Brooks writes in today's NYT about John McCain, who was a prisoner of war, and his campaign. The column is absolute shit. Here is the thesis:
When McCain and his team set out to win the presidency in 2008, they hoped to run a campaign with this sort of spirit. McCain would venture forth on the back of his bus, going places other Republicans don’t go, saying things politicians don’t say, offering the country the vision of a different kind of politics — free of circus antics — in which serious people sacrifice for serious things.
It hasn’t turned out that way. McCain hasn’t been able to run the campaign he had envisioned. Instead, he and his staff have been given an education by events...
McCain and his advisers have been compelled to adjust to the hostile environment around them. They have been compelled, at least in their telling, to abandon the campaign they had hoped to run.
It's amazing the lengths people will go to to absolve John McCain, who was a prisoner of war. It's not his campaign, it's the world, man.
If John McCain, POW, cannot stay true to his beliefs in the face of a campaign, what hope does he have of staying true to his beliefs once he's in the White House?
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