In his victory speech, Republicrat John McCain spoke of what he sees as the value of holding principles above oneself.

I don't understand. If I value the principle of freedom above myself, then does this mean I am not supposed to personally benefit from this freedom? Does it mean that I should value the freedom of everyone else more than freedom for myself? Or that I should not value freedom for myself, at all? This seems, to me, dishonest and hypocritical. I value freedom because it personally benefits me. Anyone rational will feel the same.

McCain's attitude is an old one. It's the very attitude that will enable the younger candidates--Clinton, Huckabee, Obama--to attack capitalism and further socialize our economy if they manage to win election to the Presidency rather than McCain. If McCain actually wins the Presidency, I suppose he'll succumb to much, if not all, of what Senators Clinton and Obama propose. After all, they're all on the same page, morally speaking: Self doesn't matter, while the collective does.

John McCain is supposed to be a great American. But this idea doesn't sound American to me, at all. America is the land of individual rights, not groupthink and group obligation. I thought it was Hillary who advocated that "It Takes a Village." Evidently John McCain agrees.

What a choice.