UM, WHAT HONOR?

In his NEWSWEEK column, Jonathan Alter writes wistfully about the "old" John McCain and concludes his piece with this:

And defeat would leave John McCain feeling more than the usual depression, wondering why he mortgaged his precious personal honor just to trade up to the White House.

First, McCain is the REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINEE so he can't, he absolutely can't, talk about "corporate greed," as Alter claims he once did. Second, he lost his sense of honor when he stayed with the GOP after the despicable treatment he got in the South Carolina Primary in 2000. Third, how many times has McCain lied about himself or flip-flopped? I'm pretty sure it's over 50 times by now. An honorable doesn't turn into a chameleon just for political gain.