"I wish he had announced his retirement back in the spring and cited health reasons or something."
If he had, there could have been a multi-candidate primary possibly won by a RINO. This way, local Republicans were able to winnow the field and come up with the best possilble candidate who wanted the job.
While I agree that Bob McConnell would have been a great candidate, Drake will also do well. Besides, Congress needs more pro-life women.
There aren't any RINOs around here to speak of. It always would have been Drake, McDonnell or Stolle.