All of the Above?

Steve Benen asks a good question:

Now, one might argue that since the mean Democrats put politics in front of the country, by calling McCains sad attempt at grandstanding what it was – a sad attempt at grandstanding -, that it would be silly of him to suspend his campaign again.

But, foolish young one, you forget: McCain puts country first. He is willing to take political hits, if it is in the best interest of the country! So, it can’t be that.

Which leads to 2 other possibilities as to why McCain is off to Iowa, rather than back to ‘Warshington’ to fix things:

1. McCain realized his presence only hurt the process and, in putting country first, that means putting himself away from the process. OR

2. The ‘country first’ meme is less a patriotic characteristic of McCain and more a sad attempt to paint others as unpatriotic simply because they don’t do what McCain says they should.