That's a matter of opinion. It takes a lot for me to support anyone in the Northeast since this is RINO territory but when it comes to McCain there's no question who's worse.
The Northeast thing is a red herring. RINOs can come from anywhere. Romney would’ve run out of Utah if he had thought that was a better stepping stone to the WH. Problem is, he knew he was too liberal to win the Governorship there. Thank heavens he didn’t win there, he would’ve made Utah a Democrat state in short order.