Thank You, John McCain

On this day when Sarah Palin is campaigning for McCain in Arizona the courts remind us of why we'd prefer to see JD Hayworth take over McCain's Senate seat:

The Republican National Committee has lost its bid to raise soft money, the unlimited contributions from corporations and individuals banned by a 2002 campaign finance law.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Washington ruled Friday that it lacks the authority to overturn a Supreme Court ruling upholding the ban on soft money fundraising by the RNC and other national party committees.

That ban is a cornerstone of the so-called McCain-Feingold law—and one of the few major parts of the law to survive court challenges.

The RNC had argued that it should be able to raise soft money for state election, congressional redistricting, legal costs and other activities that it said had nothing to do with federal elections.

I understand why Palin is campaigning for McCain - it's all about loyalty and the fact she'd be a nobody if he hadn't plucked her out of relative obscurity to be his running mate. I can forgive her for all of that.

However, McCain is not the answer for Arizona or the country. We need a consistent conservative in that seat, and Hayworth is the guy.