McCain Brain Drain

Brian Doherty | July 10, 2007

Call it schadenfreude, call it what you will, but it is so so sweet watching the McCain Machine break down:

The campaign manager and chief strategist of Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign quit Tuesday, dealing a blow to his struggling campaign.

Campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief strategist John Weaver — a longtime adviser to the Arizona Republican — said in separate statements that their resignations would be effective immediately.

Matt Welch explained in our April issue why all Americans of good will should feel their hearts leap as McCain's prospects fall.