According to Newsweek, Senator John McCain is pursuing the services of President Bush’s campaign operatives and advisers:

Known as an outsider and maverick, McCain in 2008 has chosen a different route—and probably had no choice, given his prominence and experience. He and his aides are making the best they can of it, and one aspect of doing so involves trying to reel in Bush’s top operatives and supporters.Here in Memphis, McCainanites worked closely on straw poll strategy with Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi, a Bush loyalist widely regarded as one of the sharpest strategic and organizational minds in the party. They are wooing him to come aboard officially, which would be a major coup for McCain.

This act of political expediency speaks volumes about McCain’s character and what he is willing to sacrifice to win in 2008. How many of these Bush advisers were involved in the South Carolina push poll in 2000 which questioned the ethnicity of his daughter? How many?

If Senator John McCain can’t defend his own daughter, how can we expect him to defend America?