motion, always forward, never looking back, at least most of the time. john mccain is a cliche, he writes, no one has been prerp traitor of more myth making than john mccain. war hero bent on tran skending the call of self-interest to serve a cause greater than himself, sore loser, old bull, last lion, loose cannon, happy warrior, elder statesman, lion in winter, you lose track of which mccain cliche is operational at a given moment. at this particular moment mccain is playing several roles, fighting for the soul of the republican party, jetting off to the ukraine in syria, very much considering running for a sixth senate term in 2016 and apparently now leading yet another legislative battle, health care. yesterday in a surprise move during mccain s preferred crowded hour, a moment of character testing, the senator took to the floor to introduce his very own repeal and replace