At worst, if Op Chaos didn’t make much of a difference it was at least a good mobilizing exercise for the base.
And I don’t think it was a distraction from selecting a better GOP candidate — wasn’t McCain already a lock by then?
I don’t think McCain was quite a lock, and the thing that bothered me was that Rush several times specifically said that he wouldn’t be involved in the GOP candidate selection process. I think a lot of people were waiting for a bit of guidance. That is, we didn’t necessarily have to agree with Rush, but it would have been nice to hear his analysis of the candidates.