Clinton endorsing McCain, again

Yesterday, Bill Clinton came just one step shy of endorsing McCain for President, saying he was clearly superbly qualified and stood on the same side as Hillary on many important issues. He concluded:

Clinton said today in Charlotte, North Carolina, that it would be great if the general election were between his wife, Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, and Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona. The vote would involve ``two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country,'' Bill Clinton said.

``People could actually ask themselves who is right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude itself on our politics,'' he said.

Intended or not, this leaves the nasty inference that Obama doesn't love his country and is not devoted to its interests. Frankly, I think it was intentional, and I'm getting pretty disgusted with these Clinton tactics. It appears she's willing to let the whole Democratic challenge go up in flames if she can't get the nomination. Yglesias thinks it may be because if Obama loses to McCain, the Clintons will still be running the Party.