To Be a Fly on the Wall

I think I'd forfeit a toe, a small one but nonetheless.

After being wooed by John Kerry to consider joining the Democratic presidential ticket, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will join President Bush on Air Force One on Friday and introduce him at a campaign event in Reno, Nev., campaign officials said Wednesday[...]

McCain will join Bush on Friday morning in a hangar at Fort Lewis, Wash., where the president will discuss transformation of the military, then will introduce McCain at a rally in the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.

That's a sizeable chunk of an entire day, a few hours of it somewhat, um, inseparable. I can imagine Junior is getting a tongue lashing the likes of which he hasn't heard since Mama got wind of that first wagonfall. Now that I think of it, I wouldn't be surprised if the Senator cleared the content of his "talk" with Mama last week. And got her sanction on just about everything he wanted to say.

Hell, no, John McCain doesn't want to be Kerry's VP. Right now thousands of influential GOP backers realize that John McCain may just end up the voice of the opposition next year; John McCain knows it and John McCain wouldn't mind the role. Nice work if you can get it.

Could very well be that John McCain thinks that might be in the best interests of the country. I don't know but I'd love to ask. Maybe one of our more aggressive mainstream media reporters ought to, no? Doubt many want to take that risk. Doubt any are apostropher readers, but hey.

Tell you what... I think it'd be worth backing off the partisanship if John McCain got the keys to the Republican Party Lexus back and gave shrub and his faithful the combination to the bike lock. I think there's air in the tires. No. Wait. They'd have to invite Jim Jeffords back and give him everything he asked for: Party operative positions, committee assignments, everything.

C'mon! Spirit of bipartisanship! The whole "uniter not a divider" thing. What do you think are the chances? Senate Minority Leader John McCain. Has a nice ring to it.