A solid sign that Mitt Romney is on his way to overcoming the loathing that John McCain feels for him (McCain once said Mitt made his "skin crawl") came at a fund raiser in New Mexico.

McCain actually goofed on Mitt in a friendly way:

I’m appreciative every time I see Mitt on television on my behalf. He does a better job for me than he did for himself as a matter of fact.

Not exactly, "I love you, bro," but MSNBC's First Read says:

If McCain can start joking about someone, you know they've made it into his mental inner circle. Romney may very well be higher on the short list than anyone realizes. The biggest roadblock for many in picturing a McCain-Romney ticket is McCain getting over his personal reservations about him. But joking about him is a start.

Marc Ambinder at on his Atlantic blog says Mitt's sense of humor would compliment McCain's:

. . .where McCain physically recoils at questions about, say, sex and culture, Romney can diffuse them with a joke.