John Hearts George

Behold, again, the horror:

I remember being shocked and nauseated when I first saw this, but it’s taken on a whole new resonance in the past few months, as McCain has steadily jettisoned everything that made him worthwhile and honorable as a candidate, in order to embrace the Bush Way, in all its jingoistic, pitiless incoherence. I still believe he’s better, and smarter, than the things he’s saying — but that just makes his myriad capitulations worse.

I was a big McCain guy back in 2000, so I was crushed when this picture started making the rounds. But these days it looks about right.