Now, I could have lived with that! lol

Tongue in cheek I know, oeno, but legalization would never fly with McCain's core fan-club. He comes from Arizona, which is by far the most rabidly anti-Mexican of the southwestern states, so much so that at times it seems they're living in some sort of fun house mirror version of reality...

Case in point, their governor is a paranoid schizophrenic who was off her meds briefly: http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-09-04/ne...udy-immigration

Adjusted that for ya!

At election time, I think of a saying I heard decades ago, "Vote for losers; they'll never disappoint you." No one has presidential McCain remorse. Some who voted for him might even agree with a few of his might-have-been accomplishments I listed above.

An update:

http://www.economist.com/node/18805615

At current realizations, taxpayers seem to have made money bailing out the banks, lost money bailing out the carmakers, and lost their shirts subsidizing mortgages to individuals.