McCain and Unwanted Advice

A recent feature article discussed the role of Mike Murphy, the chair of John McCain's 2000 Presidential campaign, who has since alienated himself from McCain and his campaign staff.

Now an enemy of sorts with the McCain staff, Murphy has been highly critical of how the campaign has been run so far, using media mediums such as on-line blogging and cable television. Especially disturbing to the McCain campaign has been that Murphy has used MSNBC to sound off on McCain's campaign, a station which the campaign has treated like an enemy.

The article really does not go in-depth, primarily noting events that have occurred. It seems as if the article was a last second thought that was squeezed out before the deadline. The only sources the article quotes are some of Murphy's writings and another former McCain adviser, John Weaver.

At the end of the article, Mark McKinnon is mentioned. McKinnon was a high-ranking adviser in the McCain camp that left the campaign because he did not want to be involved in a campaign focused on tearing Barack Obama's campaign down. The article mentions that McKinnon declined to comment, but McKinnon's view on something like this would have been really interesting to hear.