The analysis was conducted by the respected True Bible Society, and it will be published next month in the End Times Journal. ... Senator McCain has declared his intention to maintain US forces in Iraq for a hundred years," said David Jenkins, a leading Biblical scholar. "That means that McCain wants to control Babylon for at least a century." ... genealogical research showed that McCain's great-grandfather was actually not John McCain, but John Mihai. Mihai is an ancient Romanian name, and according to Bible-believing Christians, the Antichrist is likely to be a Romanian. "What clinched it for us was that the name Mihai means 'who is like the Lord,'" said Jenkins. "As far as we're concerned, that was enough. It means that McCain might easily pretend to be the Redeemer." ... McCain's geniality and folksiness are consistent with his being the Antichrist, Jenkins said... the Bible tells us that he will be charming."

In some ways, John McCain has never lived in the "real world."

He went from a military academy to a war to a hole in the ground to American politics. I'm hard pressed to think of a better recipe for the Antichrist.

You know who else went from the military, through a period of intense psychological pain, and then directly into politics? Sure, it's as tired and played out a comparison to make as the Antichrist, but the answer is nonetheless:

Hitler.

Update [2008-8-8 14:40:4 by Paul Anderson]: I had the thought that all this talk from McCain about Obama being the Antichrist (however masked it may be)... it could be Rovian. Ie, they could be doing it in order to pre-empt revelations like the one in the End Times Journal. Rove always accuses his opponent of something that his guy will get accused of, so it looks like retribution rather than an original accusation. Classic Rove.