John McCain is a respectful man

Ari Berman finds gold in a McCain campaign strategy memo from back in March:

"It is critical, as we prepare to face off with whomever the Democrats select as their nominee, that we all follow John's lead and run a respectful campaign focused on the issues and values that are important to the American people," Davis wrote. "Throughout the primary election we saw John McCain reject the type of politics that degrade our civics, and this will not change as he prepares to run head-to-head against the Democratic nominee.

Unless, of course, it starts looking like we might lose to some upstart.