A hammer blow to McCain

It's not so much the departure of long time McCain friend to Fred Thompson as it is that it's taking place on the front page of the WaPo.

"I am very sorry to see what's happened to John," Dowd said in an interview. "I don't think his campaign is being well run. It's been over-managed. He blew through $8 1/2 million. It's a difficult thing to leave a friend and go to another friend. But we lost the John McCain I knew."

Not only does he leave, but he guts the man on his way out.