The Maverick Tribe

I'm starting to question whether public financing of campaigns is really the way to go, but regardless of my view, an Obama-McCain matchup would have two ardent advocates of public financing contending for the presidency.  They should both run under the public financing rules, as promised.  McCain says he will, Obama appears to be waffling.

Truth be told, I'm not wedded to Obama.  I love the guy, but he still needs to prove to me that he would be a better president the John McCain.  On Iraq, for example, he needs to reveal more sophistication and pragmatism than he is currently in calling for immediate withdrawal to thunderous applause.  And we all need to chill out on this creepy cult-of-personality thing he's got going on.  The man is not a god, so settle down people!

That said, if Hillary Clinton ends up getting the nomination by muscling in delegates from Florida and Michigan, flying in the face of the rules that everyone agreed to, then I'm definitely voting for McCain.