Times have changed. In 2000, throughout the primaries it was then Governor Bush trying to emulate McCain by arguing that he was a reformer with results. Today, it is McCain trying to become more like President Bush to win over social and religious conservatives. He had some amazing things to say about the North Korea crisis, which showed me that he had chosen right now to run for president not as the candidate of change, but rather for as the one of continuity as far as foreign policy and national security is concerned. John McCain is in fact suggesting that the Clinton foreign policy is responsible for all of the wrongs of today and that for that reasons Democrats and liberals should just be quiet and be thankful that Bush is trying to correct their mistakes. I like the old McCain better, but again that one wouldn’t have been able to become the early favorite to become the republican presidential candidate. But does McCain has to become president to be the politician of his generation or rather does he have to stop being a maverick to win in 2008? Here is what Herr McCain said:
I would remind Senator (Hillary) Clinton and other Democrats critical of the Bush administration's policies that the framework agreement her husband's administration negotiated was a failure. (…) The Koreans received millions and millions in energy assistance. They've diverted millions of dollars of food assistance to their military (…) We had a carrot-and-no-sticks policy that only encouraged bad behavior.
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