I'll say this for John McCain: He's a shrewd political operative. No, he's not interested in the Constitution. No, he doesn't really stand for much of anything. And, no, he doesn't give a rat's rear what the GOP base thinks of him. However, he's been in office since right around the time the Titanic sank, so he obviously has a game plan that works. That's not necessarily a good thing, but it is reality.