I'm afraid that I don't feel at all sorry for him. I have/had a great deal of respect for the "old" John McCain, both for his military service and for the reasoned (if essentially conservative) positions that he took on issues like global warming and immigration reform. However, he changed during the campaign into a vicious attack dog - even when his own comments weren't too far off base, he allowed Palin and the other surrogates to say some really terrible things bout Obama. I am not a conspiracy theorist, and I don't subscribe to the concept that he had handlers/puppet masters from the New World Order, the Main Stream Media or some other shadowy organization. He is personally responsible for everything he did or said or that was done or said in his name or on his behalf.