Antichrist for Veep

Mitt Romney just wants John McCain to love him

The man the McCain camp used to compare to the antichrist is working hard to
win the vice-presidential nod.
By Mike Madden
McCain had taunted and bullied
Romney through the primary season, beating him handily in almost every
state they competed in and, finally, showing up to campaign in Romney's adopted
hometown for no apparent reason other than to be obnoxious.
But a funny thing has happened over the past few months: Romney has become
one of McCain's biggest fans. Within a week of dropping out of the race, Romney
sent word out through his organization to get on board with the nominee. His
political apparatus is rapidly integrating with McCain's -- in Iowa, for example, where
McCain barely campaigned last winter, Romney's former state director is running
McCain's operation. In Michigan,
possibly the GOP's top priority this fall, Romney has been showing up often to
put his deep roots in the state to work for McCain. Romney appears on TV
whenever the McCain team wants him to, pushing the latest talking points with
that same achingly earnest manner he showed all through the primaries.
"I'm appreciative every time I see Mitt on television on my
behalf," McCain said this month. "He does a better job for me than he
did for himself, as a matter of fact."