Back in March, I documented the amazing transformation of John McCain from GOP maverick to Republican prostitute. As I wrote then, the Arizona Senator in his quest for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination exchanged his seething hatred of George W. Bush for a high profile bootlicking of the Bush political machine.

On Monday, the New York Times offered a new installment in the budding courtship between McCain and Bush, his campaign 2000 tormenter. Summing up their changed relationship, McCain acted like a blushing bride as he acknowledged that the President had made him the recipient of one of his much-coveted Dubya nicknames:

"He calls me Johnny Mac."

That kind of back-slapping male bonding, of course, is a far cry from the sheer rage McCain felt towards Bush during their 2000 competition. Back then, Mr. Straight Talk angrily rejected Bush's feigned post-GOP primary attempt to bury the hatchet:

For the sad story of how and why John McCain sold his soul to George W. Bush, see "The Prostitution of John McCain."