POW Flashback

George Packer on the tattered remains of McCain's candidacy:

This time, though, McCain is collaborating with his captors. By picking Palin he knowingly guided his campaign well over hostile territory and then aimed its nose straight down. Once taken hostage, he refused to speak his captors’ propaganda, but he allowed everyone else to shout it to the rafters

For the record, Packer's New Yorker article on the Death of the Conservative Movement is a must read as well.