In light of this, I think it is fair that I take a shot at the very smart Mark Schmitt as well:

It's tempting to make fun of Marshall Wittmann's newest guise, as Lieberman's communications director, as if it were just another twist in one of the oddest careers in Washington. The New York Times has some fun with that theme today. However, it's quite obvious where this is going. John McCain will fail to win the Republican nomination, and he and Lieberman will turn up as a third party presidential ticket. They will have a great shtick: "We were each rejected by the ideological extremists in our parties, therefore we represent the true forgotten center of American politics." The Broders of the world will salivate over the possibility.

Pleeeaaaaaze! Never ever. McCain wants to emulate Teddy Roosevelt by winning the Presidency not by wrecking the GOP nominee's chances. This is simply absurd. Unless it is designed, in the manner of LBJ's musings about his opponents' sexual interests, to make McCain claim to be hard right Republicans by denying these wild stories. In which case, BRILLIANT Mark! Apologies Steve!