McCain Baits Obama Into Wearing Flip-Flops

Wow this was smart. McCain essentially baited Obama into rejecting public funding, painting himself as a flip-flopper in a major way. McCain has essentially been laying low all of these months while Obama duked it out with Billary. All the while, McCain knew that he could raise some serious cash once he started to get into it. Obama was lulled into thinking that his "grassroots" fundraising revolution had put him far ahead of the game. Now he's left on equal financial footing with McCain and with the mark of a hypocrite on his record. This is gonna be fun to watch.

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...more politicians could actually be leaders too.

I'm not pushing any politics here, just pointing out the kind of words that attract me to a candidate. This was McCain's response to a question today about how his environmental stance might anger GOP rank and file:

When it comes to making his fellow GOP colleagues "mad in the past," McCain said his job is to "do what I know is best for this nation, particularly where our environment is concerned."

Regardless of political party, I love a maverick. Even when i disagree with the candidate's position, nothing excites me more than to see a person stand by their principles regardless of anyone's opinion. I think more than anything else, I look for decisiveness in a leader and the courage to make tough decisions in the face of potential failure.