John McCain's primary purpose | Michael Tomasky

Tea Party influence has pulled Republican primaries to the right, but John McCain's win holds out hope for a more centrist GOP

Tuesday's primaries yielded another big night for America's hard right. And the question now in Florida and Alaska is whether the Tea Party energy is going to attract moderate voters, come November, or repel them.

Let's start in Florida, where rightwing businessman Rick Scott self-financed his way to a three-point win in the GOP primary for governor over the more...