Yesterday John McCain said Americans are sick of politicians "consumed by a hyper-partisanship that treats every serious challenge facing us as an opportunity to trade insults" and that as president he will change the way business is done in Washington. Then, instead of denouncing President Bush's cheap political attacks against Democrats he defended them and then made some of his own. [johnmccain.com, accessed 5/15/08]

McCain's failure to denounce Bush's attacks shows his insincerity about changing the tone in Washington. Instead of setting a new standard, McCain made it clear that his presidency would not only further Bush's failed policies but would also be more of the same Bush-Cheney smear politics our country is tired of.

Bush Makes Political Attack on Democrats While in Israel. "The president, at Israel's 60th anniversary celebration in Jerusalem, suggested that some Democrats were acting in the same way some Western leaders did when they appeased Hitler in the runup to World War II," and White House aides admitted to CNN that the attacks referred to Democrats. [CNN.com, 5/15/08]

McCain Stands With Bush. The Associated Press reported that when asked about the remarks McCain said he took the White House at its word and reiterated Bush's false charges. [Associated Press, 5/15/08]

After casting himself as a "Maverick" in 2000, the new John McCain is walking in lockstep with President Bush, pandering to the right wing of the Republican Party, and embracing the ideology he once denounced. On the campaign trail McCain has callously abandoned many of his previously held positions, even contradicted himself, in a blatant attempt to remake himself into a candidate Republicans can accept in 2008. So just who is the real John McCain? The Democratic National Committee will present a daily fact aimed at exposing the man behind the myth.