1.   From the ashes of their failed campaigns, John McCain and Bill Bradley touted what they said were the accomplishments of their insurgent candidacies.

2.   In part, that is the nature of his new insurgent candidacy.

3.   In the months before the caucuses and primaries began, the insurgent candidacies of Bradley and McCain seemed to click with voters in an elemental way.

4.   Several prominent supporters said that they had urged McCain to end his insurgent candidacy within days.

5.   Without looking like a stage-hogging politician, he had managed to get a plug for his insurgent candidacy.

6.   Now the two candidates are very close in national polls, and among independents, who flocked to the insurgent candidacy of McCain.