You heard it hear first!

So I was reading this piece by Carl Leubsdorf, linked on the Real Clear Politics website, which more or less states the obvious - that McCain may be getting himself in George H.W. Bush-like hot water with his 2008 version of the "No New Taxes" pledge.

This got me to thinking, regardless of his need to pander to the Right, which has well publicized misgivings about his status as the presumptive GOP nominee, it is just plain looney to make a "multibillion-dollar promise" like this. And then, it hit me.

McCain has NO INTENTION of running for a second term, should he win the general election this fall. To me, it makes perfect sense. Promise no new taxes, promise to abolish the Dept. of Education, promise to bomb Iran....promise it all. The day after the election, it won't really matter, and in a way, McCain should feel quite liberated.

Should he win, this might even produce a much kinder, gentler, and productive GOP Administration than I would have expected, even from the relatively level-headed McCain.