Holy crap

The WaComPo Richard Cohen, who admits to being in the bag for McCain, takes him to the woodshed --

McCain has turned ugly. His dishonesty would be unacceptable in any politician, but McCain has always set his own bar higher than most. He has contempt for most of his colleagues for that very reason: They lie. He tells the truth. No more, though.

I am one of the journalists accused over the years of being in the tank for McCain. Guilty.

What impressed me most about McCain was the effect he had on his audiences, particularly young people. ... It had to do with integrity. McCain has soiled all that.

His opportunistic and irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as his political heir -- the person in whose hands he would leave the country -- is a form of personal treason, a betrayal of all he once stood for. Palin, no matter what her other attributes, is shockingly unprepared to become president. McCain knows that. He means to win, which is all right; he means to win at all costs, which is not.

Karl Marx got one thing right -- what he said about history repeating itself. Once is tragedy, a second time is farce. John McCain is both.

And from US News and World Report: "John McCain's Journey from Maverick to Liar."

On edit: even McSame's own family doesn't recognize him anymore.