MATT WELCH MAKES A LIBERTARIAN CASE AGAINST MCCAIN, in The New York Times. “McCain is often mischaracterized as a politician without any identifiable ideology. But all of his actions can be seen as an attempt to use the federal government to restore your faith in … the federal government. Once we all put our shoulder on the same wheel, there’s nothing this country can’t do.”

UPDATE: Reader Charles Martin emails:

I can see a libertarian case against McCain, but you go to an election with the candidates you’ve got. Does Matt really think McCain would be *more* of a libertarian disaster than “It takes a village”/”We’re doing it for your own good” Clinton or the “it would be a mandate, but it’s a *voluntary* mandate” Messiah of Change?

Yeah, it’s easier to make a libertarian case against McCain than to make a libertarian case for Clinton and Obama.

Of course, to be fair, the McCain angle is a natural for Matt.