I just grow misty-eyed, when I read these stories about how much the media misses the old John McCain. The tire swings. The donuts. The barbeques. The way he conned every reporter in the country into thinking he was a decent guy:
A During the five years I spent covering Capitol Hill, I enjoyed few things more than interviewing Sen. John McCain. He was funny and irreverent, and, more important, thoughtful and tough. He had a deep understanding of any issue reporters would throw at him.Call Liz-the-Donut, she misses him too.
So it's been hard for me to watch the campaign he has run -- or that Republican Party operatives have run on his behalf -- in Indiana....
And so, for a few more days, Republican mailings will warn that Obama "isn't who you think he is." Here's something more accurate: John McCain isn't who he used to be.
