McCAIN MONDAY: GETTIN' ALL MAVERICKY
But perhaps the most revealing of McCain's flip-flops was his
promise, made at the beginning of the year, that he would "raise
the level of political dialogue in America." McCain pledged he
would "treat my opponents with respect and demand that they treat
me with respect." Instead, with Rove protégé Steve
Schmidt at the helm, McCain has turned the campaign into a torrent
of debasing negativity, misrepresenting Barack Obama's positions on
everything from sex education for kindergarteners to middle-class
taxes. In September, in one of his most blatant embraces of
Rove-like tactics, McCain hired Tucker Eskew — one of Rove's
campaign operatives who smeared the senator and his family during
the 2000 campaign in South Carolina.
-- Tim Dickinson, Make-Believe Maverick in Rolling Stone
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