Mike Tomasky has a big piece on the life and times of John McCain, in the latest edition of the New York Review of Books. Save yourself $5.50 - the price of a grande latte! - and read it here:
The vicious campaign that George W Bush ran against McCain in South Carolina, finally forcing him out of the race after McCain had won seven primaries, only made him an even more sympathetic figure. He emerged from the race the closest thing American politics has had to a hero, even to many liberals, since possibly Bobby Kennedy.
