I got sent this link: http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/02/29/mccain_nader/ He just had to bait me. McCain got corporate money out of the candidate's hands, established hard money donation limits, and provided transparency to federal elections. That was no small task. And he sent a lawyer to help get a candidate on the ballot while the Democrats were trying to violate his first amendment rights. They succeeded in Oregon and he's still suing them. He's absolutely right to sue them. They should be tried for treason. Sounds like those were upstanding actions on McCain's part to me. Why would Nader refuse either? I didn't know about the indirect connection between Nader and McCain, but it's not really that big of a deal to me. Don't forget that McCain is the only major party candidate with any anti-corruption and electoral reform credentials. McCain might even be able to get Nader into the debates, particularly as an independent where there will be no long-term party-building happening? Do you think then Democrats will finally understand that they need to fix the voting system? And who better to help them do it than McCain, who's got the reputation to pull it off? And with no mandate because Nader spoiled the election by a large portion, and with an even stronger Democratic congress as a result of Nader voters voting Democratic downticket, how's McCain going to be able to prosecute the war? Oh, right, the Democrats will roll over and play dead like they've been doing the last two years. McCain serves no risk to this country, even if he is elected "thanks to Nader". It's the Democrats who will be the real culprits, as they are right now. They could implement IRV with a stroke of a pen and their loss of the presidency wouldn't be so carved in stone. There's no moral courage in the Democratic Party anymore. It went to the Greens with Cynthia McKinney, who was redistricted, then open-primaried out of her district -- both actions of the DNC. If you're pissed about Republicans helping somebody get elected, look at Cynthia McKinney's last primary. The Democrats teamed with Republicans to open up the primary system so that tens of thousands of Republicans could vote against McKinney in her primary. I didn't even get into the multi-hundred-point conspiracy lawsuit against the DNC in that much detail -- eleven points relating to the Oregon Democratic Party's successful attempt to violate Nader's first amendment rights. Sections 69 and 167-177 in here: http://newjerseyuntouchables.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html Bipartisanism is ok for the Democrats, but getting help on your free speech campaign from a Republican with a small ounce of moral courage is not ok?