This AP article focusing on Arizona's other Senator, Jon Kyl, contains an irresistable quote about John McCain:

"McCain just has that charisma that very few people have, then you put his life story on top of that," McCain adviser Max Fose said of the former Vietnam POW. "He's like the Fonz. He's the Fonzie of politics."

We've heard a lot recently about how "beltway" conservatives have been "warming to" and "taking a second look at" McCain. But then you see things like this letter in today's Arizona Republic and it makes you wonder:

If you think John McCain is going to be president of the United States, or even be on the final ballot, you're wrong.

Conservative Republicans are not going to vote for him and there are more of us than you think. - Joyce Ready, Phoenix

McCain may be the "Fonzie of politics" with the press, the public, and even beltway types in Washington, but he'd better hope he hasn't jumped the shark with true red-state conservatives: