Passive-aggression on the campaign trail...

John McCain, "the maverick," is, by his own admission...

• not a winner of a Miss Congeniality contest,
• resistant to the status quo,
• against the flow,
• stubborn,
• churlish,
  
• resistant to authority,
• often irritable,
• frequently argumentative, and
  
• against the ideas of others.

Hmmm... I have a thought, my friends... maybe what's being passed off as maverick behavior is simply passive-aggressive behavior.

Q.E.D.?