I have tremendous respect for McCain and what he went through during his captivity. However, he has been pandering, and there is no way to avoid calling it like it is.
By the same token, Obama has been bouncing all over the place doing the same “Swing Vote Shuffle” and for the same reason: VOTES.
gandalf: I would also caution you on the hopes that Obama will win and surround himself with a gifted team. Did Dubya? Did Clinton? You have a high regard for him, but sometimes it seems to veer into wishful thinking. I don’t think he is dumb when it comes to foreign policy, I think he is a dilettante, and that is a very dangerous thing to be in the world right now. I have a hard time imagining him holding his own against Putin, much along the lines of JFK being bullied by Nikita early in his presidency. This idea that he is a centrist, then a realist, now a conservative, fully illustrates that even a sycophant like Zakaria is having a hard following the bouncing ball.
