If there is any justice in the world, Sen. John McCain’s hopes of winning the 2008 Republican presidential nomination will suffer a body blow when people are reminded of a well-sourced story published last year by The Hill describing in detail how the Arizona “maverick” seriously discussed switching parties with Democratic leaders like Tom Daschle in 2001.
McCain was evidently still angry – is he ever not angry over something? – about losing the 2000 race to President Bush and apparently was attracted to the idea of gaining revenge by picking up his marbles and taking them to the other party, as Jim Jeffords did. The Jeffords move gave Daschle and the Democrats majority control of the Senate, just as McCain would have done had he followed through on his discussions before Jeffords switched.
