So, McCain gave his little talk at Falwell's joke of a commuter college, Liberty University.

The more I know about McCain the more I dislike him. His new thing, pandering to all sides, just comes across as pathetic wishy-washiness.

At a time when polls show a decline in public support of the war, and with calls on Capitol Hill for the United States to figure out a way to withdraw, McCain argued for staying in Iraq, even as he acknowledged the toll it has taken on the nation.

"Americans should argue about this war," he said. "It has cost the lives of nearly 2,500 of the best of us. It has taken innocent life. It has imposed an enormous financial burden on our economy."

But he said he had not varied in his own support.

"I stand that ground not to chase vainglorious dreams of empire; not for a noxious sense of racial superiority over a subject people; not for cheap oil," he said. "I stand that ground because I believed, rightly or wrongly, that my country's interests and values required it."

In other words, the war is a mess, people are right to be pissed and should be vocal, but they're still wrong, and I'm right, and have always been right. Talk about trying to play all sides of the room.

Here's a picture to keep around for the 2008 election.