Fox News yesterday kind of tricked Hillary and McCain. They had them both on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, and the idea was that they would both be on separately.

After Hillary finished, they asked Hillary to stay there and stay connected so she could hear what McCain said. They kept her microphone live. After McCain finished, she and McCain were asked if they’d like to speak to each other.

They had no choice; they did speak to each other and very civil about it.

Ed Morrissey at Captain’s Quarters said that the McCain camp was not particularly happy about this (properly so) because “Part of the conservative complaint against McCain is his deference to Democrats while treating conservatives much more harshly. That got put on full display yesterday, as the two exchanged not just pleasantries but assurances that a general-election contest between the two would be ‘respectful.’ Republicans may want someone less inclined to put the gloves on against Hillary than taking them off against fellow Republicans.”

Morrissey is exactly right here.

McCain is far friendlier to his enemies, the people that are going to try to bury him, than he is to… well, he’s making friends with his enemies, let’s just put it that way.

Here’s the bottom line, and Ed is exactly right about this.

“Hillary hasn’t got Democrats wondering if the Clintons can fight hard enough against Republicans.” The Democrats know that either one of their candidates — Hillary or Obama — are going to take it to McCain and us. But we on the Republican side do have a concern about how hard Senator McCain will go out and fight these people, since he wants to adopt their ideas since they’re “poll[ing] better”.

Side notes:

• McCain-Kennedy: Amnisty bill (Anyone in favor of Sovereignty nation?),
• McCain–Feingold Act – (Screw the first Amendment act),
  
• Gang of 14 (Supreme Court nominations…what the hell was all that about?),
  
• Votes against the Bush Tax cuts (Conservative, my ass.),
• don’t forgetMcCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act (Global Warming Tax on America) and so much more.

Looks to me like a RINO -Republican in Name Only.

Maybe he should run as Hillary’s VP.