heterodox [1]. He's got his own views, he shouldn't back off on that, I think, actually.
Hume then framed the issue in dramatic terms:

BRIT HUME: And if the conservatives don't want a President Obama or a President Clinton, they ought to get off McCain's back and let him campaign as whatever he wants to, and campaign from the center.

What do NB readers think? Smart realpolitik from Kristol and Hume, or an unwarranted call to concede on important principles?