WASHINGTON -- Last August, a few minutes before GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took the stage at the Republican National Convention in Tampa,...

Sure, you can write hymns to bipartisanship and prattle on about compromise in politically divided Washington, but please stop pledging to "work acros...

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Yes, John McCain -- the maverick is no more. In fact, the former presidential candidate even denies ever taking on the moniker.

John McCain, the maverick? Apparently not anymore. "I never considered myself a maverick," McCain told Newsweek's David Margolick in an interview i...

Throughout the 2008 presidential campaign, Republican nominee John McCain called himself a political maverick with "the record and the scars" to prove...

It's time for McCain to tell the truth about his campaign and, rather than blame his own failures on "the stock market crash," to accept responsibility for his lack of economic credibility and his selection of a running mate.

A joke made its way around the Capitol yesterday: How do you know the 2008 election is really over? Because John McCain is causing trouble for Republi...

It was the day McCain spoke at Liberty University. In my view, that day began the destruction of one of the best brands in American politics.

Brave New Films talks to the actual original Mavericks, who aren't too fond of John McCain using their name: Fontaine Maverick, great-great-grandd...

"Honorable" is not the first word that will be used in describing the McCain strategy in the final stage. McCain made a mistake not to run on his vision as a different kind of Republican.

Palin's campaign pronouncements have demonstrated a fragile Haiku-like quality that have often challenged the listener to explore not only the subject but also the very nature of meaning itself.

The New York Times Magazine is set to publish an explosive story this Sunday on the inner workings and combative personalities of what has been a wild...

With a veto-proof majority within reach in the Senate, and a 100-plus margin possible in the House, party leaders are focusing on what one Democrat called an "occupation strategy" after we "liberate" the Congress.

He has now earned the ignominious fate of a public "court martial" in polling places all across America on November 4th.

The thrill of any debate comes in that one moment - and it almost always comes if you are patient - when one candidate finds a small opening and claims the evening.

After repeatedly stressing that the most important quality in a Vice President is for her or him to be ready to serve as Commander in Chief, McCain picked a Vice Presidential nominee is not ready to be President.

Every so often an email chain letter comes my way that is actually interesting. This isn't about saving Sesame Street from NEA funding cuts, but this email I just received was too good to not share.

VIENNA, Ohio — John McCain embraces and expels Washington like an accordion player belting out a song. Squeeze in and he touts his vast knowled...