Follow up to the "McCain for President?" link provided by the Professor

I enjoyed reading the article by Nolan McCarty, Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal about John McCain and his history of reaching across the aisle. I think the article did a good job at describing McCain's true strengths. I always thought the reason he was considered a Maverick was because of his rugged style of answering reporter's questions and dealing with the media, but in the article by McCarty, Poole and Rosenthal they highlight his "Campaign Finance Reform" legislation as one of the main reasons he is known as a maverick.

This article by CNN describes why the New York Times endorsed John McCain over Rudy Giuliani as the GOP nominee. I think the article does a good job of echoing the sentiments in the article suggested by the professor, which I enjoyed reading.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/25/nytimes.endorses/index.html