Since the Keating Five fiasco John McCain has spent many years cultivating his image as the honorable maverick, willing to buck the establishment and take a stand on principle.

McCain is currently trashing this carefully cultivated image and sacrificing his honor as well in order to satisfy his ambition.  His relentless fear-mongering and continuous misrepresentations and outright lies regarding Obama's positions and history are the features of a political bottom feeder, not a principled politician.

The Obama campaign and the msm have given him a pass on this matter so far.  I am hoping that free ride is soon to come to an end.