Try to look at the recent series of events logically and ask yourself one question.

The series of events peaked when McCain deliberately stood-up Letterman last week. Even if you extremely dislike the man now, you know his history. This was not him -- it was an act of extreme desperation. Yes, we heard the explanation, but do we truly buy it that he had to rush to CBS because of the reports of the debacle of the Palin interview. Yes, it was a debacle but it did not have to be corrected that moment. McCain is not dumb. He knows Letterman and Couric both broadcast from CBS and his lie would be detected. Remember the Letterman outrage and think this through. Were John McCain in his right mind, would he have ever stood up Letterman?

I THINK McCAIN TRULY IS ILL AND KNOWS HE WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT.

He privately asked himself this question, "If I can't have it, who should?" The answer to that question he arrived at privately could not ever be publicly admitted.

BUT HERE IS THE IMPORTANT QUESTION.

If you are a political junkie reading this thread, you know Washington runs on hubris and the obsession to power. McCain is no exception. He knows he can determine the fallout from his illness. Would he want Mitt Romney to jump in and fill his shoes? No way, he despises the man. And that is who the Republicans would choose. He would prefer Obama take it.

Remember Letterman said McCain was AWOL 22 hours following the Couric taping. It only takes one hour to fly from New York to DC. Where was he the rest of the time? We also know he never truly suspended his campaign.

McCain obviously knows Palin cannot sit in the White House. What to do? What to do?

Get up and make a political statement that is the political equivalent of cutting one's political throat. And that is exactly what I thought he did this morning when I heard his campaign announce he would cut Medicare and Medicaid by 1.3 trillion dollars. "Is he crazy?" I immediately thought. Obviously, a public statement of this nature would sabotage his already failing odds in Florida. It was the equivalent of political suicide. And John McCain has to know that. So, why, why?

He wanted to determine the outcome of this election, and he privately decided that he would do an end run against the Republicans determining that by sinking the Republican ship. And sink it he did, singlehandedly.

If he truly is ill, he could have understandably bowed out, and let the chips fall. But being a powerful Senator from Washington, D.C., and a disgruntled Republican at that, if he could control the outcome, why not do that?

The pieces seem to fit into a convincing picture of the puzzle. Am I just another tired citizen hallucinating out of election fatigue, or do you think there is anything to this theory? If you think it is a political figment of my tired imagination, can you explain why McCain would make a politically devastating statement to the effect he would cut Medicare and Medicaid in light of his sinking numbers in Florida?


Sam