Not entirely accurate de jure, Kevin. McCain voted with Bush 90% of the time but a lot of those votes were procedural and have no substance. McCain was (and is) not a clone of Bush. But I would agree that folks wanted change.

>>>I was listening to BBC-America's coverage early on last night and I think I agree with the Brits. If the Republican Party had >>allowed McCain to BE McCain, and had not tried to make him a clone of W, election results might have been quite different.
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>McCain said it himself - he voted with Bush 90% of the time. He made himself a clone of bush.
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>And last night the American people clearly said they have had enough of it.