DAMMIT! Okay, recall when McKain was gunning for the Republican nomination, he was quoted as saying he "would never abandon the party that got him here..." The context for this was whether or not he would go over to Perot's party just to run after it was obvious Bush was getting the steaksauce. People remember this stuff and the media would be the first to trot the soundbite out if he did move to Kerry's camp - simply to create division and sensation. McKain knows that his ENTIRE support structure, friend, and ally would be gone. Further, it would be just one more piece of evidence supporting the fact that the North Vietnamese, with the help of Russian advisors, totally brainwashed him to become a living "Manchurian Candidate".