[eeriegeno]

The problem here is that, just as with Arlen Specter, McCain has an (R) after his name. Many Republican leaders focus on that (R) and forget what is between the guy's ears. If McCain were up for re-election and was being challenged by a conservative Republican as Specter is, GW would surely endorse him simply because he is an incumbent Republican with an (R) after his name. IMHO, GW and Santorum should have thrown their full support to Toomey to rid the Senate of another RINO senator.

Another interesting observation----why are there so many RINO's and so few DINO's??????

[SC Swamp Fox]

Another interesting observation----why are there so many RINO's and so few DINO's??????

Honesty.

They couldn't stomach what their party had become and they switched.

[MadeInOhio]

"Another interesting observation----why are there so many RINO's and so few DINO's??????"

Because Republians know that to enforce the slightest ideological discipline within their party would invite a media firestorm over GOP "intolerance." And nothing stampedes Republicans more effectively than the threat of harsh treatment by the WashPost.

Democrats, by contrast, get a free pass from the press and alphabet networks when they trample dissent. Witness the humiliation of the late Pennsylvania Gov. Bob Casey, an outspoken pro-lifer, at a Demo convention back in the '90s.