You’re line of thinking is tantamount to saying you prefer a bullet between the eyes instead of one through the heart. Either way you’re just as dead.
No, the correct analogy is that I prefer a slow death by cancer, which may be reversed or placed in remission rather than shooting MYSELF and MY CHILDREN between the eyes.
Do I like McCain? No. Will he be a better bet for the future than Hussian or Clinton. Yes. I have children, I am focused on the future, not making myself feel self-rightous for the short-term.