TOWLER: The new McCain

July 28, 2008 at 8:28am

Does John McCain really believe this stuff? Or is he saying it for, um, political reasons?

Once upon a time, McCain was somebody you respected, whether or not you agreed with his stand on particular issues. But now he's off on a tangent. Barack Obama, says McCain, would rather have us lose the war in Iraq (whatever that means) than lose the presidential election. Obama supports troop withdrawal only for political reasons, says McCain.

You can picture Dick Cheney saying that. You can picture Bob Dole saying it. But John McCain?

Well, he's said it. And if he means it, he's slipped a gear. If he doesn't, I wonder what he meant earlier when he pledged to conduct a clean, civilized campaign.

Increasingly, McCain is coming across as an angry, surly man. Appeals to fear and patriotism: that, apparently, is what we're in for from now till November. We deserve much better than that. And I had thought that John McCain was much better than that.

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