Many disillusioned Republicans hoped that Mr McCain would provide a compass for a party that has lost its way, but now feel that the compass has gone haywire.
That sense of connection, that sense of empathy, that moral compass, that conviction of what is right is what led the National Association of Evangelicals to shoot short films to help people grasp the challenges facing immigrants.
But I am optimistic because of that moral compass a lot of British people have.
That is why it is so painful to think of his final minute as he desperately tried to find his bearings in the unaccustomed darkness, searching for a light to restore that inner compass.
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You have to have that strong inner compass, a core commitment to your fellow citizens.
Sloan says it's possible McCain is so confident of his own ethical compass that he unwittingly strays into territory that may appear suspect.
The moral compass that would otherwise support a pain-free demographic transition and accompanying ecological renaissance appears all but non-existent, even amid the greenest of conversations and investor appetites.
They moved often, living near Byron Bay, a beachfront community in New South Wales, and on Magnetic Island, a tiny pile of rock that Captain Cook believed had magnetic properties that distorted his compass readings.
The former finance wizard replied in tones almost forlorn: "I believe I was extremely greedy, and that I lost my moral compass, and I've done terrible things that I very much regret, " answered Fastow.
That lack of moral compass is where the notion of a "victimless crime" comes in.
Paul Kelly of Compass says that more expensive ingredients and proper kitchens could increase uptake and thus keep down costs over the longer run.
In one of its first data analyses in May 2011, Startup Compass discerned that tech start-ups with two or three founders were most able to strike a balance between sticking to a plan and changing the direction of the business.
In an open letter at the weekend, the chief executive of consumer group Which? said Mr Browne must "transform a sector that has lost its moral compass".
In short compass, calls that ranged from merely bad to utterly indefensible cost the Washington Redskins, New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers, respectively, a possibility of winning, a strong likelihood of winning and a game that was actually won.
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On the horizon, the baseball writers fully know that their jobs as the moral compass for the Baseball Hall of Fame will get progressively harder.
Whether you're lost in the woods, driving through a city, or circumnavigating the globe, the compass is the tool that will help you find your way home.
What happens next, now that Wall Street has proven an unreliable compass point?
On Tuesday evening, it was also announced that he was stepping down immediately from Compass, the world's biggest catering company.
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Once a Google engineer after the search giant acquired his company FeedBurner, Costolo suggested that Google may have lost its moral compass.
Many critics argue that big business has lost its moral compass over the decades, but new legislation in seven states, including California, offers a different model.
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"I think night-flying moths and night-flying locusts could benefit from using a star compass similar to the one that the dung beetles are using, " she said.
But the Compass currently does not do that.
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In fact, the only domestic vehicle that ranked highly with women was the Jeep Compass.
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Another is the danger that, as it scrambles to expand, Compass will lose its grip on standards.
It seemed to many observers last week that the Bush Administration was losing its moral compass in the war on terror.
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On a recent branding mission to China, we learned that every child in Chinese elementary school is taught the three Chinese innovations that changed the world: gunpowder, the compass, and movable type (Chinese ancients also invented paper currency).
As the New York Observer noted last week, he always seemed to keep his bearings in that glare, as if guided by an inner compass.
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