Hitched to a falling star

McCain supports Bush to court the Bush base.

That's why he gives the war his embrace.

We can't win by force.

He's backed the wrong horse.

Now it's the dismal Bush ratings he'll chase.

Daily headlines inspire the poet in Joe Gedan, a retired U.S. magistrate judge who lives in Honolulu. His observations on the news appear on Sundays and Fridays. E-mail gedan@hawaii.rr.com