Maverick outsider

[Grant Barrett]

On Wednesday, February 9, 2000, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>    John McCain is the "maverick outsider."  George W. Bush is
>the one from Texas.  Go figure.
>    "Maverick outsider" sounds to me a little like other
>labels such as "lunatic fringe."  Is there ever a "maverick
>insider" or a "lunatic center"?

Well, there might be a non-lunatic fringe and a conformist outsider...