One also notices that he has spent considerable time recently defending president-elect Barack Obama on a wide range of issues, especially on the Blagojevich corruption scandal.

The above all fits perfectly into the notion that McCain is trying to salvage his reputation as a centrist Republican, willing to reach across the aisle. Endorsing Palin would hamper this attempt somewhat due to her reputation as a hardliner, a true card carrying member of the Republican Party’s Christian conservative base.

As such, his reaction to Stephanopoulous should be interpreted as nothing more, or less, than an attempt of a man who lost the presidential election to restore his image and to continue being relevant in Washington, D.C.

I hope this pile of weird loses his senate re-election too. Better to have a real Democrat to screw things up completely than a pretend Republican who would just bring more dishonor to conservatives.

McCain's response was a feeble attempt of a man who lost the presidential election.

That was just a sad effort to restore his image and to continue being relevant in Washington, D.C.