Mighty Maverick

Leave it to Barney Frank to define John McCain's return to Washington:

"I was afraid that his dropping in here, like Andy Kaufman’s Mighty Mouse—'here I am to save the day'—I thought that would slow things down. I didn’t see any sign of our Republican colleagues paying any attention to him whatsoever."



As partisan as Frank's remarks may have been, the Andy Kaufman reference is right on target.