John McCain has some admirable qualities and has taken some good stances in defiance of his party, but Justin Raimondo performs a salutary service in reminding us that McCain’s record on foreign policy has been not only consistently pro-war, but that he has consistently taken the maximally hawkish view on any given conflict (e.g. he wanted not just a bombing campaign in Kosovo, but a ground invasion).

Raimondo also points out the depressing fact that, with Hillary Clinton rising Phoenix-like from the ashes in New Hampshire and Nevada, we’re faced with the prospect of a match up between the two most hawkish candidates from both parties in November and a triumph of the pro-war bipartisan consensus.