A year on, John McCain has turned out to be an honest opponent of the man who beat him to the presidency in 2008, while running mate Sarah Palin seems intent on exacting Republican revenge in 2012. McCain stood out as one of the few Republicans to celebrate Barack Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, but fought the Democratic ...

WASHINGTON — With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, swagger is a varied art. Sometimes it comes clumsily, as in his proclamation two years ago that the Iraq war was Òlost.Ó Other moments it emerges stealthily. The slight smirk when he knows he has his opponent beat. And every once in ...