I agree with this to a point. I think the republican party, the backbone and the brains, like Rove etc, did not want to win the election and face digging this county out of the mess they created. On the other hand, I think McCain himself wanted the presidency. I think the republicans sabotaged his campaign by insisting the negative attacks were the way to go, rather than the honor driven issue based campaign McCain promised to run. They also pulled a big one over on him by choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate, she was there to help him lose...
Irie