DeLay: McCain's "hard to swallow"

The former House Majority Leader veers off message in an interview with PolitickerCA: "If McCain wins the election, we've got just as much work to do as if Obama won," DeLay said. "I've known McCain for 23 years, and McCain's hard to swallow."

More: "His stance on global warming, immigration, campaign finance, affirmative action," DeLay said, "it's just a whole list of things that is not going to appeal to conservative Republicans. And if he becomes president, teaming up with the Democrats, we're going to have a lot of work to do to stop them."

This is actually not a bad thing for McCain vis a vis independent voters as it allows his campaign to note that he's taken on and angered members of parties.

DeLay, it should be noted, did say he was planning to vote for McCain and that Obama is "awful."