Wait until you hear the reasoning. Not because Obama will be a tough opponent, or he thinks McCain will lose and therfore his time is better spent elsewhere. No, it’s because he likes “(Obama) a great deal”. Er…ok.

“I would simply be uncomfortable being in a campaign that would be inevitably attacking Barack Obama,” said McCain adviser Mark McKinnon in an interview with NPR’s “All Things Considered.”  “I think it would be uncomfortable for me, and I think it would be bad for the McCain campaign.”…

While saying that he does not agree with Obama on every issue, McKinnon gushed about the Illinois Democrat.

“I met Barack Obama, I read his book, I like him a great deal,” said McKinnon. “I disagree with him on very fundamental issues. But I think, as I said, I think it would a great race for the country.”

A bit more into McKinnon’s past:

McKinnon, who was a Democrat before serving as President Bush’s ad maker in 2000 and 2004, said that he plans to be behind McCain “100 percent” no matter who the Democratic nominee is. He explained, however, that if the Democrats nominate Obama, he will be supporting McCain “from the sidelines.”

Why not just leave now?