The Russert Effect

John McCain loves being the center of attention. He loves seeing his name on the front page of the Washington Post and the New York Times. And, he loves being on "Meet the Press."
And he knows that the surest way to achieve all three is to align himself with Democrats against this own party.
It's a bit like Pavlov's dogs, but I call it, the "Russert Effect," and he's at it again.

Just two weeks after the election, he renewed his opposition to Bush's policy on global warming and urged action against greenhouse gases. He went to Europe and promoted a harder line against Russian President Vladimir Putin than the administration has voiced, and he returned home to take a harder line against steroid use in baseball than the administration had done.

I don't suppose it's worth mentioning that John McCain voted against the global warming treaty in 1999. But then, he couldn't get his name in the paper by voting against a Democratic president.