People They Ain't No Good

• "While it would be hard to categorize him as a doctrinaire Republican or conservative, Mr. McCain appears to have ceded some of his carefully cultivated reputation as a maverick." [ New York Times ]

• A new poll detects an "enthusiasm gap" for Senator McCain but finds him running about even with Barack Obama among independent voters. [ Washington Post ]

• A Senate investigation found that top Pentagon brass were more involved than they at first said they were in coming up with the horrifying interrogation techniques used at Guantanamo. [ Washington Post ]

• Gay marrieds in California try not to make their weddings look too gay. [ Los Angeles Times ]

• Many Congressional leaders lost hundreds of thousands of dollars last year, and are still vastly wealthier than the people they represent. [ The Hill ]

• Barack Obama spoke at length with theWall Street Journalabout his economic plan, which you can go read while your editor makes coffee. [ Wall Street Journal ]