PositiveWashington Independent Review of BooksMcCain fully owns both his failures and his successes, makes no excuses, and begs no forgiveness ... It’s worth considering what he has to say. He may side-step some issues, and no one writes a memoir to make themselves look bad, but it’s hard to argue that he is not sincerely considering what’s in the best interests of Americans as citizens of the world ... For those who may be wondering, The Restless Wave contains any number of thoughts on the wrong-headedness of the current administration ... he remains silent on his vote with the entirety of the Senate Republican bloc on a tax plan that is widely understood to add $1 trillion to the national debt. That’s the agenda item I’d really like to hear his thinking on ... My respect for McCain was cemented when he pointedly refused to demonize his political opponent, Barack Obama, in the 2008 presidential race. As improbable as it may have been then, that sort of restraint seems positively quaint these days.
