Lysol won't cover the stink

Calling what McCain has been doing a "strategy shift" is sweet. "Going negative" or "attacking" would have been much more vivid and accurate.

I especially liked this bit of frippery:

Even the luggage handling is smoother, those who travel with McCain say.

Those reporters who travel with McCain?

This is all just politics. Our press corps doesn't expect anything higher minded. Shouldn't we?