Even Conservative pundits like Dan Drezner think it's stupid to not repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Drezner makes mention of "…pop psychoanalysis about what's exactly driving John McCain's truculence." There are a lot of theories out there, most of which involve some desire to kiss up to the extreme right-wing for political advantage. The more I think about it, the more I think that's not it. Even if McCain runs for another term, that's six years from now…a lifetime in politics. If ever there was a guy who now could afford to reach across the aisle and maybe even actually be a maverick, it's John McCain at the moment.
Hey, how's this for a diagnosis from afar of a man I don't know? Having lost his last shot at the presidency, McCain is just trying to show he can still be the most important man in Washington. If he quietly went with the G.O.P. flow, everyone wouldn't be running around asking how they can get John McCain to approve a major policy change. So it's not about gays in the military. It's just about McCain proving he can make people jump through hoops…and oh, yes — it does get him on TV an awful lot, doesn't it?
Just a thought.