John McCain Slams Conservatives for Lying

I once admired John McCain before he went of the deep end, prostituted himself to the Christianists, and picked the delusional Sarah Palin as his VP running mate. However, the other day we had a glimpse of the old John McCain when he took Republicans to task on the U.S. Senate floor and called them liars, said they were living in a fantasy land, and called them hobbits (insulting hobbits with the last remark). Would that more conservatives had the courage to call it like it is - and don't even get me started on the mainstream media which continues to parrot GOP lies rather than analyze the facts and expose the lies and untruths that now make up the main GOP talking points. One of the biggest calamities this country has suffered is the loss of a mainstream media that will report the facts as opposed to simply replay the demagoguery of the far right. There are some highlights from the Washington Post on McCain's denunciation of the current GOP lies:
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So the debt limit debate has come to this: John McCain, who you may recall was the GOP’s 2008 standard bearer, is now openly accusing conservatives of actively misleading America with their completely unrealistic demands, which he labeled “deceiving” and “bizarro.”
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There are Republicans in both the House and Senate who are still pushing for another vote on the balanced budget amendment, even though “cut cap and balance,” which contains such an amendment, has already failed in the Senate. . . . . To such conservatives, McCain offered a simple answer: You’re in fantasy-land, and you’re doing your constituents a disservice by perpetuating the falsehood that such a thing can ever happen.
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Tellingly, McCain cited today’s Wall Street Journal editoral excoriating conservative opponents of the Boehner plan as out of touch with reality for thinking they can do better. McCain’s angry tirade on the Senate floor today perfectly captures the rising frustration, anger and panic of more responsible Republicans and GOP establishment figures as they come to terms with the true depths of the delusion that is now afflicting some on the right — and the danger it is now posing to our economy and country.