“…right now I think you could say there’s a better-than 50%…” Who is this ‘you’ in your sentence, enscout? If you meant me, have we met? If not yours, whose opinion is it? Collaborators are not leaders; they are collaborators. Go alongs to get alongs. If this described McCain, we would not be talking about him right now. He would have taken the Viet commies up on their offer to vote him off the Island Hilton. His only hope to profit from that dishonor would have been in the Democrat party. Scowl and scream at that if you wish; here are two exemplars. Ted Kennedy, Wm. Jefferson, Democrat Louisiana.
Obama-Biden, A Bridge to Nowhere.