Steve is right. McCain's vaunted electability -- which even I've bought into -- is a myth, a sham, an illusion. Poll after poll shows him losing to Hillary Clinton or John Edwards or Barack Obama. And McCain certainly doesn't lack for name recognition or media exposure. Indeed, unlike Clinton, McCain really does strike me as being near his ceiling. The media's portrayal of him is unfailingly positive and laudatory, but the campaign will inevitably unearth his vast array of extremely conservative, hawkish, unpopular views. If his talkshow ubiquity and leftover goodwill isn't translating into imposing leads now, he's in real trouble.
