He's sure to win now!

Sen. Joseph Lieberman called on Michigan's Independents and Democrats on Tuesday to come out and vote for Sen. John McCain in the Republican primary, saying he is convinced that McCain will "become our next great American president."

"I urge them to come out today and stand for a man who is a great American patriot," Lieberman said at a joint town hall meeting with McCain in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Check out the coverage over at NRO's blog Campaign Spot of an event today in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

McCain's remarks and the event seem aimed at independents -- the appearance of Lieberman, the pledge that "we will never torture again," "we will address global warming and require China and India to be included as well"... "No drilling in ANWR, nor in the Everglades, nor off the coast of Florida..."

Classic. This whole idea that Leiberman actually appeals to Independents (and Democrats!) and would actually be a net plus for McCain in Michigan is of course laughable, yet clearly it's conventional wisdom among those that consider McCain and Leiberman very serious men. This episode also points to the identity crisis McCain is undergoing as he attempts to appeal to different electorates in different states. Is he the establishment Republican neo-con who wears his support for the surge as a badge of honor or is he the straight talking Independent "maverick" people still remember from 2000? At some point, the attempt to pivot between the two as he seeks voters from state to state is going to catch up with him and make Mitt Romney look like the consistent one.