Brothers in Arms

There's a good writeup of the (apparent) demise of John Wayne McCain's presidential campaign in today's Politico.

The problem, folks close to the campaign consistently say, is that there were too many cooks in the kitchen and not enough of a chain of command. This problem manifested itself both in logistics and the lack of a coherent campaign message.

It had the freewheeling nature of the 2000 campaign without the enthusiasm.

I feel bad for McCain as a person, but I neither cared for nor trusted him as a candidate or politician.

Good riddance.