His Finest Hour

Terrific editorial on Senator Backbone in today’s Wall Street Journal:

These columns have had more than one disagreement with John McCain over the years, especially on issues that typically win the Arizona Republican accolades from the rest of the media…Yet now that he is under attack from his erstwhile media "base" for refusing to repudiate the war in Iraq, we think he deserves some covering fire. The word for what he's demonstrating is character.

…[McCain] has demonstrated that his views on [Iraq] are serious and born of belief, not of polls. That's more than can be said for most of our political and chattering classes, and a reason to admire a politician whose newfound unpopularity coincides with his finest political hour.

For more of my thoughts on Senator McCain, click here.