I don't understand this guy...he makes liberal Chafee look conservative, even if only because Chafees manages to keep his mouth shut more often, by comparison. Somebody vote this turd outta office. He supported that anti-Christian senator from Arizona...what was his name again??? (LOL!)
With comments like that, Hagel won't lose the Republican presidental primary, he'll get laughed out of it before it begins.
The one thing I can say about Hagel is that he votes a lot more conservatively than McCain. But as you said, even Chafee sounds more hawkish than him, simply because Chafee at least says nothing.