McCain's frustration

John McCain is obviously a very, very frustrated fellow.

The other day he said that Barack Obama "would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign." One cannot go much farther over the edge than that.

Lots of frustration. Lots of anger.

Plenty has been written about John McCain's anger. He himself has even quipped about it. In today's New York Times, columnist Bob Herbert quotes two of McCain's fellow senators. Thad Cochran, a Mississippi Republican, has said about McCain: “The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine.” The New Mexico Republican Pete Domenici told Newsweek in 2000: “I decided I didn’t want this guy anywhere near a trigger.” (There seems to be no place as wishy-washy as Washington. Both Cochran and Domenici have announced their support for McCain as president.)

Now the frustrated McCain (think of all the impressive footage from Obama's overseas trip) is turning up the volume on his flip-flop accusations. I just wonder how many of McCain's avid fans have looked at their own man's flippity-flop record. Writer Steve Benen (The Carpetbagger Report, July 10, 2008) has listed 61 "clear 180-degree switches by McCain on the biggest issues of the day." To read them, copy this URL into your browser:
http://www.alternet.org/story/90956/

Sigh. And there are still 99 days before the election.