George Allen is fired up in introducing McCain, and we can’t help but wonder what might have been if not for the word “macaca.” He praises McCain’s aid in fighting “avaricious tax comissars who wanted to tax the Internet.”

No, scratch that. Allen’s not introducing McCain, he’s introducing Senator Tom Coburn, the pork-fighting pro-lifer from Oklahoma, who is introducing McCain.

Coburn: “He may not always tell us what we want to hear, but we know he means what he says, and we don’t have to worry about things getting switched on us when he gets into the White House.”

“Courage is what matters most in Washington, and never more so than when you’re dealing with Congress… He will fight for the reforms we needs. He disregards his own political safety.”

“We know he has taken stands that we disagree with as conservatives, but you can’t ignore that he’s taken many bold stands against the big-government Republican agenda.”

Coburn recites all the judges McCain voted for. Thomas. Roberts. Alito. Priscilla Owens. “If that doesn’t tell you what kind of judges you’re gonna see…”