McCain Agrees to Unilateral Disarmament

On the same day Barack Obama reneged on his pledge to take public campaign financing, John McCain decided to unilaterally disarm by agreeing to take public financing. That means he'll have possibly hundreds of millions of dollars less to spend in the fall campaign:

On the Straight Talk Express from the airport to the hotel in Minneapolis, Sen. John McCain said that his campaign has decided that it will accept public financing for the general election. “We will take public financing,” Asked what his thinking was, he said, “Because we decided to take public financing.”

There was one glimmer of hope in today's McCain news:

McCain also expanded on comments yesterday about whether he would reconsider opposition to drilling in ANWR. He said if given new information he would of course consider it, but that he remains opposed to drilling.

Dear John: I have some new information. Gas is $4.54 a gallon here on the Holy Coast. How about doing something to ensure our future supply by supporting drilling in ANWR?

That is all.