McGavick takes the high-roller's ground

The Seattle Times reports that McGavick wants a television commercial that shows Cantwell's head superimposed on a vulture's body dropped. The ad, sponsored by the Free Enterprise Fund, advocates repeal of the federal estate tax. The group has refused to pull the ad. Meanwhile, P-I columnist Joel Connelly points out that McGavick is taking lots of funding from fat cat Republicans, and that talking the talk is not walking the walk. In Connelly's words, McGavick is "pledging to be Bambi while cavorting with Godzilla."

So, perhaps McGavick is merely the 2006 model of the Republican "compassionate conservative."