J. Peter Freire, writing in AmSpec on the current (somewhat anemic, IMO) McCain scandal:

The story is simply a catalogue of potential sins that are never realized, offered by sources that are never named. No wonder McCainiacs are ticked. Yet this is precisely the sort of scrutiny of moral conscience that McCain has supported.

The NRA and the ACLU both can't buy ad time in the days before an election because doing so, by virtue of the ethical senator's own philosophy, is manipulating the people and hurting democracy. But when McCain hops a flight with a campaign contributor, it ought to be obvious that he's maintaining his integrity. Why is it that associations comprised of every day citizens are suspect, but a powerful politician is not?

Sure, he's a son of a bitch. But he's the son of a bitch who's getting crammed down our throats.

Via Megan McArdle, who mentioned this over at Insty's place.

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