"Old Labels" Don't Matter ... Really?

"Most politicians flee from labels like liberal and conservative, because the labels may circumscribe their political constituencies.  But labels are reasonable, because a reasonable person's political judgements are not random."  

                                                               George F. Will... Statecraft is Soulcraft...  1983

The liberal label is reasonable for Barack Obama.  He is a clear liberal's liberal and that makes him predictable.... wrong, but predictable.  (Don't get confused by his grand rhetoric.)

For John McCain, I don't think a label is reasonable.  McCain is a self described maverick.

To quote George Will again: "... labels are reasonable because a reasonable person's political judgements are not random."

Maverick = random.  Random = scary.

Which is worse... liberal or random?  Sigh...