Maybe They Did Shrink His Head in 'Nam

Perhaps I have been too hard on McCain. He is generally supportive of progressive stances on social issues. But, as many have said, his appearance at the RNC is "putting lipstick on a pig" and he that is lying to the American People by sticking by them. But why? Blumenthal suggests:

McCain, in truth intensely disliked and distrusted by most Republicans, Bush's internal nemesis, standing only for himself, now embraced him, raising a storm of questions. What does McCain want? "Emperor has always appealed to me," he said the day before the convention. One source close to him suggested that he had nursed the idea that Bush might dump Dick Cheney for him. Others wondered whether this was a bizarre case of the Stockholm syndrome.