...and your journey to the dark side will be complete.

John McCain. Right after his asinine propaganda tour of Iraq-- or more accurately, one street in Baghdad while wearing body armor and a helmet and guarded by 100 soldiers and 5 aircraft-- he's decided to take yet another page out of the G-Dub playbook.

Mr. McCain’s aides said that to deal with his fund-raising problems, he would adopt what had been a centerpiece of Mr. Bush’s fund-raising technique, and one that has been embraced by most major presidential candidates: creating an honorary campaign designation to reward the campaign’s top money raisers. Mr. Bush called his Rangers and Pioneers; Mr. McCain will call his the McCain 100’s, for supporters who collect $100,000 for the campaign, and the McCain 200’s, who collect $200,000.

Mr. McCain has been identified throughout his career as an advocate of curbing the influence of money in politics, notably as a co-sponsor of a landmark bill limiting political contributions. He criticized Mr. Bush, when the two were opponents in 2000, as leading overly aggressive fund-raising efforts.

At this point, I wouldn't mind seeing the "maverick" end his career with a whimper and ignominious defeat. He's spent the last six years earning it.