We'll try to keep up with the lies, half-truths, deception, misdirection, distraction by "wedge" issues, slander (remember Swift-Boating?), and just plain wrong statements by or on behalf of John McCain, but it won't be easy. In the course of putting the "conservative" agenda in place over the last eight years and demonstrating how bankrupt it is, the Right has become so adept at all these methods to avoid having to answer for their failures that we can expect nothing else. Get used to it — and prepare to point out their mendacity whenever you have the chance.

The Mainstream Media (MSM) love to repeat "McCain the Maverick," failing to notice that "candidate" McCain has flip-flopped on almost every opinion that once got him that reputation!

• McCain Source
• John McCain Resource Center (from the DNC)
• McCain's Economic Advisors (from the DNC)

• "Loving McCain." By Eric alterman with George Zornick. Besotted by his "maverick" persona, the press soft-pedals the GOP candidate's hardline politics. The Nation, July 7, 2008.
• "Feminists for McCain? Not So Much." Column by Katha Pollit. The Nation, July 7, 2008.
• "McCain's energy record is on/off." By Noam N. Levey. The Republican presidential candidate has swerved from one position to another over the years, taking often contradictory stances on the government's role in energy policy. Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2008.
• "Barack Care Versus John Care: Health Care Under the Next President." By Dean Baker. t r u t h o u t, June 30, 2008.
• "If Terrorists Rock the Vote in 2008." By Frank Rich. The New York Times, June 29, 2008.
• "The same old politics of terror." Boston Globe, June 29, 2008.
• "The Big Pander to Big Oil." Editorial, New York Times, June 19, 2008.
• "McCain Heads To Texas To Sell His Soul To Big Oil." Think Progress, June 16, 2008.
• "For McCain, a Switch on Telecom Immunity?" By Jonathan Weisman and Ellen Nakashima. The Washington Post, May 29, 2008.
• "McCain, Bush Largely Similar on Nuclear Policies." By Robert Burns. The Associated Press, May 28, 2008.
• "This mini-league of nations would cause only division." By Shashi Tharoor. John McCain wants to create a new alliance to circumvent the UN. We mustn't let this idea gain consensus in Washington. The Guardian, May 27, 2008
• "For Memorial Day, McCain Critical of Webb's G.I. Bill." By Michael D. Shear. Blog, Washington Post, May 26, 2008.
• "Worries in GOP About Disarray in McCain Camp." By Adam Nagourney, The New York Times, May 25, 2008.
• "Mythmaking for the Next War." By Steve Chapman. Real Clear Politics, May 22, 2008.
• "McCain action helped Arizona developer: report." Yahoo News, May 16, 2008.
• The Budget According to McCain (part I). FactCheck.org
• The Budget According to McCain (part II). FactCheck.org
• Fire The Lobbyists!
• "Capital Gains and Dividends Tax Cuts Offer Almost No Benefit to Middle-Income Americans and Add to the Nation's Fiscal Problems." Citizens for Tax Justice, May 13, 2008.
• "McCain and the 'Unitary Executive.'" By Robert Parry. If John McCain wins the presidency – and gets to appoint one or more U.S. Supreme Court justices – America’s 220-year experiment as a democratic Republic living under the principle that “no man is above the law” may come to an end. consortiumnews.com, May 13, 2008
• "What's McCain have against education benefits for veterans?" By David Lightman. McClatchy Newspapers, May 13, 2008
• "McCain Touts Green Policies At Wind Energy Firm - But He Opposed Their Key Legislation." By Sam Stein. The Huffington Post, May 12, 2008.
• "John McCain: Eco Warrior." By John Nichols. The Nation, May 12, 2008.
• "Multilateral Like Bush." by Ilan Goldenberg and Max Bergmann. Why you should be deeply, deeply suspicious when John McCain talks about the importance of alliance-building. The New Republic, 5/7/08.
• "Meet John 'Dubya' McCain." By J. Peter Scoblic. If you like George Bush's foreign policy, you'll love the GOP's current candidate. The New Republic, May 02, 2008.
• "The Folly of McCain-Care." By Jonathan Cohn. His great new plan isn't new or great. And it still wouldn't help Elizabeth Edwards get decent insurance. The New Republic, April 29, 2008.
• "McCain's Free Ride." By Drew Westen. The psychological cost to the Democrats' delay in branding John McCain. The New Republic, March 14, 2008
• "McCain Revealed: The Briefing Book." AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE)
• "The John McCain Land Rush." By Michael Winship. t r u t h o u t, May 13, 2008
• "Grand Canyon." By Bradford Plumer. The big mystery that is McCain's environmental policy. The New Republic, March 12, 2008.
• "Mack the Quack." By Jonathan Cohn. The disaster that is McCain's health policy. The New Republic, March 12, 2008.
• "Maverick Vs. Iceman." By Jonathan Chait. The cold calculations of the Straight Talker. The New Republic, February 10, 2008
• "The Keating Five." By Dan Nowicki, Bill Muller. The Arizona Republic, Mar. 1, 2007.