>Personally I would love to see John McCain elected, and yes, I know, he's a Republican. The thing I most like about him, his independence, is probably the exact thing that dooms him. Politics is ruled (at least for the moment) by money and corporate control. McCain is uncontrollable.

I agree. Now if he had the guts to propose a Line Item Veto and work to get it passed he would be on the road to election with an edge nobody else has.

It's one of the few things that members of both the senate and the house are afraid of. Getting the sweet deals for their "fans" cut by someone who understands that it's just a waste of taxpayer money.