A couple of readers have taken me to task for saying, in my February Diary, that Sarah Palin broke my heart by endorsing John McCain, and that this is evidence she will go native in Washington, D.C. Sample:

Derb: You wrote in your February Diary that Sarah Palin broke your heart by endorsing John McCain. I keep hearing this kind of thing from conservatives, and it really puzzles me. I’m no fan of McCain, believe me; I had to pull the lever for him with my elbow because both hands were occupied holding my nose. But shouldn’t we cut Palin some slack on this particular endorsement because of special circumstances? I mean, if she had endorsed Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio, I could see getting bent out of shape. But can’t we explain the McCain endorsement simply out of loyalty to the man who plucked her from obscurity onto the national stage? Anyway, I don’t see how this case, with its unique circumstances, can be viewed as an indicator that she would “go native” in D.C.

Well, maybe I had my hopes up too high. Still, given what we’ve heard about the way the McCain campaign treated her, I don’t see that Sarah is under any oath of blood loyalty to the Senator. On the other-other hand, loyalty takes people different ways, so perhaps I was too harsh.

I still believe she’ll likely go native, though. I like a great many things about Sarah; but to resist the siren song of the liberal-elite consensus, you need a certain steely commitment to views well thought out and baked right through. I keep looking for that in Sarah, and I keep not seeing it.