What an interesting and downright confusing week for John McCain's political campaign. I'm not sure that there was any good news that came out of Senator McCain's camp this week. As a matter of fact, this week reminded me of Rudy Giuliani's worst week of a political campaign that I have ever seen.

• Reverend Rod Parsley, a television evangelist, endorsed John McCain several months ago. John McCain sought out the endorsement of Reverend John Hagee. Both of these men, who they know to say some very outlandish things, were jettisoned by the McCain campaign this week. It is funny and interesting that John McCain embraced these religious leaders during the Republican primary but is now rejecting them for the general eleciton.


• Senator McCain's medical records were almost released. 1176 pages were given to a selected group of reporters for them to review for three hours. I don't think that anyone should of been surprised when the verdict was John McCain is in good health. In a 71-year-old man who's had malignant melanoma lesions removed from three portions of his body, I would need further evidence that he is truly good health.


• In the early portion of the week John McCain painted a picture for us of what the year 2013 might look like -- "By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq war has been won. Iraq is a functioning democracy, although still suffering from the lingering effects of decades of tyranny and centuries of sectarian tension. Violence still occurs, but it is sporadic and much reduced." Reporters, and everyone in the world, thought that McCain was setting a deadline. He spent the next 24 hours explaining why his speech did not really set a deadline. Let's not be fooled, this speech was given to combat his earlier statements that we should be there or could be there for a hundred years.


• Several lobbyists (high ranking campaign staffers) in McCain's campaign "resigned" this week. It was almost another day and another lobbyist hits the bricks. It hard to rail against lobbyists and Washington Insiders when your campaign staff is packed with lobbyists.


• Finally, the GI Bill easily passed the House and Senate. John McCain somehow couldn't support this bill. McCain's friend and chief mouth piece on Capital Hill, Lindsey Graham argued against passage of the bill stating that the bill was "too generous."