From Vixen Strangely at Strangely Blogged:
As you all probably know, Senator John McCain is facing his second re-election race since Obama beat him in the 2008 race for the White House. It hasn’t been easy. And it might not get better. The fact of the matter is, the top of a national ticket matters, and if the AZ Sen race seems to be close (or has his opponent, Ann Kirkpatrick, with a slight lead) the reality is, a fairly unpopular, not to say unqualified, GOP 2016 presidential candidate like Donald Trump–the man who got something like five Vietnam deferments and had the nerve to question McCain’s own war hero status–could have a negative impact on his re-election chances.
But that doesn’t mean the long-time Senator, with an underserved record of consistency and “Straight Talk”, can’t try to capitalize on Trump-sounding rhetoric.