Jonah, I agree with you. I also remain undecided. But I had the opportunity recently to spend a fair amount of time with McCain traveling back from the Munch Conference On Security Policy. (My column on that conference is here.)

I was impressed with him – with his intelligence, his energy, his humor, his seasoning. Like you I don’t agree with him on campaign finance reform. I also don’t agree with him on interrogations. (I’m closer to Jack Bauer – but he doesn’t even have an exploratory committee.)

Nevertheless, in a time of national security crisis – which this is and is likely to remain — I want a president who has thought long and hard about the relevant issues, and is not afraid to challenge the conventional wisdom and the foreign policy mandarins. That describes John McCain pretty well.