John McCain has shown that he does not believe the issues he says he has railed against the republican party on in the past. He has "winked" at the republican party and signalled to them that he with them and the Bush administration lock, stock, and barrel.
He may try to deny that is is not a Bush third term, but he showed the republicans, democrats, and all other voters that he will continue to follow Bush administration policies with a "wink".