Sad Decline

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A report that on Fox News Sunday, McCain has defended the use of robocalls for his campaign from the same firm that smeared him in 2000, despite previous pledges not to engage in this sort of campaign:

WALLACE: And you said the following: "I promise you I have never and will never have anything to do with that kind of political tactic." Now you've hired the same guy who did the robocalls against you to, reportedly, to do the robocalls against Obama and the Republican Senator Susan Collins, the co-chair of your campaign in Maine, has asked you to stop the robocalls. Will you do that?

MCCAIN: Of course not. These are legitimate and truthful and they are far different than the phone calls that were made about my family and about certain aspects that -- things that this is -- this is dramatically different and either you haven't -- didn't see those things in 2000.

WALLACE: No, I saw them.

MCCAIN: Or you don't know the difference between that and what is a legitimate issue, and that is Senator Obama being truthful with the American people.

So, has McCain gone so over the edge that he actually believes what his political operatives are telling him? Or is he so obsessed with winning that he's willing to do anything to get elected?