McCAIN vs CLUB FOR GROWTH, ROUND 3

A few days ago I mentioned the vicious attack the far right Club For Growth launched against McCain. They've never been big fans of his but now they have their panties all in a bunch because he announced he's not attending their big annual HateFest in Florida March 31. McCain, lamely hit back at them, but he's so old, senile and ineffectual, that they were easily able to turn his response into an ad against him. I hate seeing the right-wingers tearing each other to shreds (not really).




UPDATE: McCAIN ON THE RUN

The far right has Mr. Straight Talk Express backing away as fast as possible from some of his signature policies. His latest flip-flop has to do with immigration. McCain has slithered out of cooperating with Ted Kennedy on a consensus immigration bill.

The erosion of the unlikely political partnership that brought the liberal Kennedy and the conservative McCain together on immigration suggests a tough road ahead for passing a sweeping immigration measure this year. Further complicating efforts to find consensus, a group of Republicans is working with the White House to draft an alternative bill.

McCain's hesitancy about joining Kennedy on the same issue they worked together on in the previous Congress also speaks to an emerging dynamic in the Republican presidential race.

McCain has encountered anger from hard-line immigration foes on the campaign trail, particularly over an aspect in last year's bill that would have allowed most undocumented immigrants to work toward citizenship. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, one of McCain's rivals for the GOP nomination, has been especially sharp in his condemnation of McCain's approach to immigration.