On this Persistent Notion that John McCain Was a "Maverick"

Yeah, I'm sorry but occasionally fluctuating back and forth from one corrupt side of the establishment to the other isn't exactly bold and daring in my book (his Democratic opponents in 2008 referred to it as flip-flopping and, what, now that he's dead it's suddenly something more admirable? COME ON!). Ron Paul (a fellow who was the lone no vote more often than the rest of Congress combined), now there's a maverick, someone with the balls to stick it to the entire establishment - especially the war-hawks like McCain.