"So why has my party, the party of small government, lately adopted the practices of our opponents who believe the bigger the government the better? I’m afraid it’s because at times we value our incumbency more than our principles. We came to office to reduce the size of government. Lately, we have increased the size of government in order to stay in office. The editors of National Review have aruged — and I agree with them — that unless Republicans curb government spending by reforming the budget process, we may lose our majorities in the House and Senate. I will go one step further and say that if Republicans do not reform our budget process, we will deserve to lose our majorities."
—John McCain, my favorite Republican contrarian (hell, he’s the only one). Whatever you think of him, there can be no rational argument that he doesn’t deserve the GOP nomination. Still, if I were a betting man, I’d place my money on the frat boy son of a football coach, George Allen.
