re: Another example of tilting at windmills
Democrats like him only because he sets himself against Bush. In the 2000 primaries, he looked to be a lot more beatable than Bush, which is why Democrats crossed over in primaries to vote for him.
'Fraid not. I voted for McCain in the primary because I genuinely thought he was the best of the three leading contenders. I ended up settling for Nader.
Again, had McCain won the presidency in 2000 the same way, the good feelings would have evaporated quite quickly.
And justifiably so. But McCain seems to have a lot more integrity, and I'd like to think he wouldn't have stooped so low.
A lot's different in that alternate universe.