John McCain Will Tell You That He Isn't Even Named "John McCain" If You Promise To Re-elect Him

It has got to be frustrating for John McCain: Not two years removed from being his party’s standard bearer in the presidential election, he now faces a stiff challenge from the right for the Senate seat he’s held since 1986. McCain is so desperate to court the Tea Party types who will vote in the Republican primary that he has gone so far as to claim that he “never considered myself a maverick,” despite the ample evidence to the contrary. On the one hand it is sad to see an old man make such a fool of himself in the twilight of a long career. On the other hand, it could be kind of fun to see what else we could get him to repudiate. I bet if there were enough votes in it he would deny that he had ever been anywhere near Vietnam.