McCain Donkey Dance

Today's story in the Hill about John McCain's flirtation with joining the Democratic Party certainly is astonishing, and yet no so. If I remember correctly, John Weaver was in a totally disgusted, party-switching mood himself around that time, and did some work for the DLC. (The presence of Bull Moose Marshall Wittman--who pointedly refused to comment on the Hill story--meant that McCain's advisors were a far more hybrid crew in 2001 than they are today.) Certainly, the McCainians, include John and Cindy, were way pissed off at Bush after the 2000 election. Certainly, there was a lot of third party talk going on. But it ended abruptly on September 11, 2001.

Bottom line: This certainly isn't going to help McCain win the Republican nomination. I wonder who leaked it.