It's Friday...

...so Alterman's got Pierce, and Pierce has McCain dead to rights...

If there ever was a politician who had a better right to leave an administration of his party on hold until December, it's McCain, against whom the Bushies ran an unspeakably sleazy campaign. Yet, there he is, seriously on board with people who'd sell him back to the Vietnamese if they thought it meant 10 points in Ohio this fall.

John McCain may be a fine guy personally. John Kerry seems to think so, and I'll trust his judgement. Politically, though, he's way off on the other side. As political enemies go, McCain may (or may not) be fairly benign, but he's not our friend.