McCain's Bush Distancing Too Little, Too Late

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McCain's Bush Distancing Too Little, Too Late

By Craig Crawford | October 16, 2008 12:15 AM |

If he had said it weeks ago perhaps it would have helped. But John McCain's political deathbed conversion in Wednesday's debate, distancing himself from George W. Bush, came across as nothing short of a last resort.

"Senator Obama, I am not President Bush," McCain said. "If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago."

Had McCain said that four weeks ago, it might have been a workable line. But this close to Election Day it doesn't work.

What does McCain do now? You can't beat David Gergen's response on CNN last night. "Hell if I know," the former adviser to Democratic and Republican presidents said.