I know. I know. The election has not happened yet.

But I am assuming that current trends will hold and that Obama will be elected by a comfortable margin (or better perhaps).

As any other losing candidate, I am sure that McCain will be disappointed and tired. But I am wondering how he will be when he returns to the Senate in January, 2009 (which I expect him to do). I know that McCain returned to the Senate in 2001 still pissed off about losing in the primaries to Bush. His reputation for "bi-partisanship" and being a maverick stems - to some extent - from the fact that McCain bucked Bush in the early years of the Bush Administration because he was pissed off that he lost to Bush in the 2000 primaries. However, as he began to contemplate 2008 - and his allegiance to the neo-conservative agenda blossomed in Iraq - it became harder and harder to distinguish McCain from Bush.

So I wonder how McCain will behave? Will he be a sore loser or will he put country first and work cooperatively with Democrats? It will be interesting to watch.

McCain is already angry and probably has believed since the first debate that he had already lost.

God Speed,

David

I would guess McCain will act in what he perceives to be his own best interest. This seems to be his guiding principle.