Ultimately, you can't get love from people who really only love themselves.

John McCain's 2000 "straight talk express" endeared him to the media, but to use Jacob Weisberg's metaphor--it was a hooker's affection for a generous John.

"Journalists go weak in the knees around the guy," wrote Slate's Jacob Weisberg, who admitted joining the swoon. "McCain is easier to get access to than a Hong Kong hooker," a Time cover story announced. Ari Fleischer, the spokesman for candidate George W. Bush, complained that "John McCain is a media darling."

McCain should have recalled his highschool experience. The "cool kids" would flatter you as long as you did their homework, allowed you to cheat of your test, and bought them beer and cigarettes. Ultimately it was a pathetic existence--unrequited love.

Now, the people who could actually help him--conservatives, look askance at a "maverick" who doesn't seem to know what he wants to be when he grows up. Paradoxically, the one thing he has been consistent on is the war, which the media in their self-serving "mean girls" way have declared a liability.

Always dance with the one that brung ya.