A lobbyist's dream candidate.

IIRC, this is the same problem (adopting the last opinion heard) that Bush has.

More parallels...

Did you actually read the "article"? It is the most transparent Maveric McWarhero puff piece I have had the displeasure of reading recently.

Allow me to demonstrate. Emphases mine:

In an interview, Mr. McCain said he believed an organization consisting of sometimes colliding centers of power made sure that a candidate, or a president, reached fully informed decisions. “You’ve got to have competing opinions,” he said.

But if Mr. McCain’s management style has kept him well informed and flexible, ...

While he avidly seeks advice and contrary opinions, he routinely resists basic political counseling, ...

His management of his campaign offers a glimpse of how he might run the White House. He would, it appears, be a president who is intensely interested in issues (particularly foreign affairs) and open to conflicting opinions, ...

Mr. McCain’s leadership of his campaign suggests a less hierarchical, more free-form style, much closer to that of President Bill Clinton.

Mr. McCain seems to draw much of his management philosophy from his military experience.

But unlike Mr. Bush or Mr. Clinton, Mr. McCain has displayed no particular interest in or knowledge of the minutiae of politics.

Etc., etc.

I have said the same thing about my grandmother many times in the last few years. Her reason was early stages of Alzheimers, she wasn't like that when she was younger. I wonder if McCain has the same problem?