"We're just close friends…"

Sure. Like we've never heard that one.

Via Political Wire…

"On NBC’s Meet the Press, John McCain is asked if he would campaign for longshot Republican Alan Schlesinger in the three-way Connecticut Senate race against Ned Lamont and Joseph Lieberman. McCain says no, first pointing to his party-determined appearance calendar but then adding that while he will support the Republican nominee, he couldn’t campaign against Lieberman, whom he calls a close friend and a 'great American.'"

I dunno. Sounds like a love triangle to me.