To put it as simply as possible, McCain—and his cohorts—are trying to score political points against the President in the midst of an international crisis. It is the sort of behavior that Republicans routinely call “unpatriotic” when Democrats are doing it. I would never question John McCain’s patriotism, no matter how misguided his sense of the country’s best interests sometimes seems. His behavior has nothing to do with love of country; it has everything to do with love of self. Again, the crucial fact about the protesters is this: they may hate the Khamenei-Ahmadinejad regime—who wouldn’t?—but that doesn’t make them particular fans of the United States.