It's rumored the debate moderator, Bob Shieffer, will bring up Ayers. It's too late. It should have been asked when the time was ripe to flesh it out. Ayers will probably blow up in McCain's face like a novelty cigar. Once again McCain's campaign is a half beat off the pace. He's out of synch. McCain is the candidate but he's not what the GOP wants.

He is worried about what the independents think of him rather than telling the independents who Obama is and what the Democrats will do with their slogan of CHANGE. Point out how they raided Fanny Mae while taking piles of cash from lobbyists; Obama coming in a strong second on cash donations, Obama linked to ACORN, ACORN linked to bad loans, everyone getting fat at the trough.

As a leader, McCain should be taking on people's feelings, shaping them and channeling them into an argument against Obama's socialist ambitions. If McCain did this his supporters wouldn't be frustrated and shouting.

Why doesn't McCain do this? Because he is a liberal Republican. He is not far from being a full fledged Democrat in his political beliefs. He is not the religious right. He will not govern from the right. He will govern from the left only not as far left as Obama would like to govern from.

McCain is about equal to Hillary on the left-to-right scale.