Instead of making the press, independent voters, etc., hate you because you're acting like a petulant kid, how about doing something significant politically? Here's a thought...right now there are two crooked Republican members of Congress trying to retain their seats. McCain prides himself on honesty and was against corruption. Why doesn't McCain endorse the two Democratic challengers to those dudes in those races, provided Young and Stevens win the primaries? Sure, some Republicans would be upset that he's not being a "team player", but is anyone really going to stick up for those two guys? They're not even liked in their home state. The press would launch into arias. If asked why he opposes Republicans, he could say, "They're not Republicans. They're crooks."
Then again, that would be a principled stand that would probably incur some cost for McCain that would make it more difficult to win. There was a time when he might have been up for that, but now that he's willing to just flat-out lie to win these days I doubt he will.
Update: Evidently the McCain campaign had even lower to sink.
