McCain is pulling out the stops to do the impossible, to distance himself from Bush.
The cock hasn't crowed, but McCain has denied his Master. Except, as with the Apostle Peter, the rest of us recognize his accent and conclude, "Surely you were with him."
"I tell you, I do not know the man!"
Ha ha. Would you sell your birthright for a mess of presidency?
McCain may be confused and may have forgotten his support of Bush -- it was unwavering. But he need not be under delusion that we have forgotten. He supported Bush 99-100%. And when he was criticizing the Iraq war, its handling -- mildly, I might add -- he was criticizing Rumsfeld by name, not Bush.
McCain=Bush.