McCain and Me: Hero Worship Dies Hard (But When It Does...)

Arianna Huffingon
The Huffington Post

The way the McCain camp has reacted to my revelation about his not voting for Bush in 2000, immediately moving into kill-the-messenger mode, is further confirmation of what has happened to McCain -- now willing to say or do anything, or sling mud at anyone, to satisfy his hunger for the White House.

And I'm curious, at exactly what point did Mark Salter decide I was "a flake, and a poser, and an attention seeking diva"? Was it before or after I hosted a book party at my home for the book he co-wrote with McCain, Faith of My Fathers?

Was it before or after our many conversations about McCain giving the keynote address at the 2000 GOP Shadow Convention I organized in Philadelphia to underline the failure of both political parties to address major issues, like campaign finance reform?

Was it before of after he told me during one of these conversations that George Bush had personally asked McCain to pull out of keynoting the Shadow Convention, but that McCain had decided to do it anyway?

Was it before or after he thanked me for accepting McCain's invitation to join the board of the Reform Institute McCain founded in 2001 (and from which he resigned in 2005, after it was revealed that he had solicited $200,000 in contributions from Cablevision for the Institute -- and wrote a letter to the FCC supporting Cablevision's interests)?

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