Money problems for McCain

Bloomberg reports that McCain is struggling to attract the financial support from the business community that was so important to George Bush's campaign against John Kerry. In a way, this is an inherent problem in being both the party's 'maverick' and the party's 'leader'.  The solution may be making sure he has an attractive candidate (like Mitt Romney) in the 2-spot, to offest his democrat-like opinion of big business:

During a Jan. 5 debate in New Hampshire, McCain criticized the drug companies for high prices charged to the government's Medicare and Medicaid programs and said he backed importing cheaper drugs from Canada, a position also held by his Democratic opponents.

"How could pharmaceutical companies be able to cover up the cost to the point where nobody knows? Why shouldn't we be able to re-import drugs from Canada?" McCain asked.

One of his opponents, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, interjected, telling McCain not to paint drug companies as "big bad guys."

"Well, they are," McCain responded.