McCain desperate to woo the right wing.

“Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has reportedly tried to circumvent the organizers of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference by reserving his own conference room to hold a separate reception at the Omni Shoreham Hotel where the conference is taking place. McCain is the only major competitor for the Republican 2008 nomination to decline an invitation to speak at the event.” The Washington Times adds, “Conservative activists have speculated that Mr. McCain did not want to be seen on television ‘pandering’ to…’right-wingers’ but wanted to court those same activists at a reception in the same hotel.”