Exactly.

Atrios is precisely and entirely right on this point.

This is just stupid. A McCain VP would ensure a loss across the board.

While John McCain may be a personal friend of John Kerry's, and an individual of higher personal integrity than we've come to expect of many of his co-partisans, the inescapable fact is that he's a resolutely conservative Republican politically.

Here's what some of our friends think of him recently, via Project VoteSmart.

John McCain's voting record:

NARAL 0%
ACLU 0%
NAACP 11%
AFL-CIO 15%

As opposed to the folks on the other side.

Christian Coalition 83%
American Conservative Union 75%

Frankly, if John Kerry demonstrated the kind of total collapse of judgement and prinicple that would inspire him to try and put John McCain on a Democratic ticket, I don't know if I could vote for him.

Enough, already.