Jon catches
likely GOP presidential candidate Sen. John McCain transforming a piece
of crude realpolitik into a symbol of American generosity.

Last I checked, “straight talk” didn’t involve boatloads of feel-good crap.

[fuming, then adding this a few minutes later:] 

And
on the subject of McCain: back in 2000, I covered the GOP and
Democratic conventions in person for Working Assets’ old radio
project.  And I got a real eyeful of how craven McCain can actually be.

Even
after McCain had tried to play to his Maverick