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The way this campaign is going, Obama might be able to go back to Trinity.

Shed a tear with the bereaved-journos mourning the passing of their friend and hero, the good, old John McCain. McCain, they say, was open, honest, independent-minded. But age and the pursuit of office have turned him into a cranky, impulsive eye-gouger. NATIONAL REVIEW can speak with some objectivity on the matter, having endorsed other Republicans in 2000 and 2008. To us, he is the same John McCain: a lone wolf, driven by a sense of honor and a restless desire to do something, not just stand there-qualities that caused him to back both the surge and McCain-Feingold. Only one thing has changed. Until this year, many of McCain’s high-profile fights were with fellow Republicans and conservatives. But once he got his party’s nomination, he became the rival of The One. McCain’s erstwhile fans want him to go gentle in the good night of defeat. Since he won’t, they are friends no more.

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The way this campaign is going, Obama might be able to go back to Trinity.

Shed a tear with the bereaved-journos mourning the passing of their friend and hero, the good, old John McCain. McCain, they say, was open, honest, independent-minded. But age and the pursuit of office have turned him into a cranky, impulsive eye-gouger. NATIONAL REVIEW can speak with some objectivity on the matter, having endorsed other Republicans in 2000 and 2008. To us, he is the same John McCain: a lone wolf, driven by a sense of honor and a restless desire to do something, not just stand there-qualities that caused him to back both the surge and McCain-Feingold. Only one thing has changed. Until this year, many of McCain’s high-profile fights were with fellow Republicans and conservatives. But once he got his party’s nomination, he became the rival of The One. McCain’s erstwhile fans want him to go gentle in the good night of defeat. Since he won’t, they are friends no more.