remember guys, hes got an 83 % lifetime rating from the ACU, so he still is conserative. You guys paint him as a RINO - the RINOS are ppl like Snowe/Collins, whose ACU ratings are in the 50's. Hes got great financial and security conservative credentials. And solid social ones too. He just bucks the party line every once and a while, whats wrong with shakin up old washington sometimes. Giuliani is worse, because hes actually outside the party's thought line, being socially liberal.
McCain can easily win the White House and significantly end the anti-GOP stereotype that exists among the mainstream media and general public. If the media backtracks on McCain, their bias will finally be proven- by themselves- so they can't do that. McCain is not some liberal clown, he's just a conservative who's went maverick on a few issues. It doesn't matter- if he gets to the White House, it's still a Republican in there, and that's better than having a Hillary in there.
Besides, he's got more balls than that clown Bill Frist. I'd vote for McCain over him anyday.
How much more socially liberal can one get than marginalizing Evangelicals? than assuring less than up or down votes for judges? I think his POW-status is the only thing left protecting him from ABSOLUTELY furious conservatives. (I don't count him as a true pro-lifer, either, after the remark he made about what he'd say to his daughter if she sought an abortion.)
If one wants to be POTUS, the Senate is not the place to hang out.
PRO-LIFE = PRO-CONSERVATIVE JUDGES
PRO-SOCIAL CONSERVATISM = PRO-CONSERVATIVE JUDGES
Stick that "McCain is socially conservative BS" in a warm dark place.