Some RINOS are ok, because they are to be expected.
I do not expect Rhode Island, or Maine to elect Conservative Republicans. That's why I can stomach Chafee, Collins and Snowe.
Now, states like Arizona and Nebraska are Conservative states, so jerks like Hagel and McCain are intolerable.
Specter is intolerable as well, as Penn has shown it can and does elect Conservatives to statewide office.
It can, but PA is also about to whip Santorum's arse and send him packing, sadly.
I am with you -- I was just in Maine visiting my daughter and her husband in the Navy and everyone I talked to really likes Snowe and Collins. In that area they are considered conservative Yankees. In Oklahoma, they would be liberal but Inhofe and Coburn probably would not get elected in Maine for being too conservative and those two women wouldn't get elected in Oklahoma.
Neither one of them trash Republicans and for the most part vote with the Republicans -- trust Snowe and Collins to vote with Republicans more than I trust Hagel, Spectre, and McCain. Nebraska and Arizona should be sending conservatives to the Senate IMHO. Chaffee is probably as good as we can get out of RI.