Sir; ... I think  the intent is to destroy the democrats ability to lead the country, much as they did with Mr. Clinton. It is not just divide and rule. I think it is meant to draw a moral line betwen the left and the right which will justify total non cooperation. This is the only way they can enpower the minority. It is the only way they can hold their ground against a democratic flood. This may be with the consent of Mr. Mccain. He wants to win, and has been defeated by republican lies himself.  He feels cheated, and he is right to feel cheated, but not by the democrats. He could lose like a man. He could look at the past and see how the republicans have contrived and conspired against him. But this tops everything because to spoil an election he has little chance of winning he will dirty his memory for a long, long time. Some one should tell him to be a man. Tell him to do his best, be honorable, and keep it above board. It is one thing to play to win. It is another thing to spoil the game because you hate the voters. Mr. Mccain is a big boy. He does not have to take the advice he is paying for. In any event, he will lose, and the republicans will win because they hate him for being progressive, for trying to hold on to his honor. Liars go to hell, and as long as he has left, he will look back at this, and ask himself for what he sold his honor, -because if he wins he will find his ruling of America will be impossible if he has no honor to follow....Thanks....Sweeney

The only honorable politician I've heard with substantial plans and no slamming tactics is Ralph Nader.

The ethical morass we call Washington D.C. will reveal anyone's true character and has done so with John McCain. In the movie, "Why We Fight", Sen. McCain is being interviewed on camera and is conducting himself with honor, answering questions put to him when he is told by an aide that Vice President Cheney is on the line for him. Immediately, a look of pure obsequiosness envelopes McCain's face and the principled man we just saw disappears to be replaced by a man who would do anything to curry the favor of those more powerful than himself. He becomes, in a few seconds, a pitiful, pathetic man. No way can he become President, no way.