John McCain... *Sigh

I used to like John McCain quite a lot... I don't understand what's happening to him. The once fiercely independent, common-sensical senator from Arizona seems to have forgotten who he is. I first noticed this when, a while back, the moderate conservative tried to recast himself as a Dobsian religious rightest in preparation for 2008 (and was, in short order, summarily dissed by Dobson). Now this.

Is this what it means to be in the GOP these days? Is it soooooo necessary to win over the Christianista that even the mighty John McCain is cowed?

Frightening.