John McCain's Moment has Passed

Fred Kaplan at Slate skewers John McCain's position on the war:

To put it another way, he's a stalwart for the war as long as he has to appeal only to hard-core Republicans (who still support the war)—yet he'll accede to reality (and the views of the broader American public) after he's cleared that hurdle and won the party's nomination.

Ouch. Remember when it used to look like John McCain was going to be President someday?

Truth be told, though, I can take the top 3 candidates from both major parties and give you reasons why each of them can't win. And yet, most likely, for one of those six individuals, I'm wrong. I hope it's Obama.