I think you guys are missing Rush's point by such a wide margin I don't even know where to begin.
If you heard Rush's rare interview with a liberal newsrag like TIME yesterday you know that he said that the best thing that McCain can do is not suck up to him, me, you, FR, Hannity, Levin. He has to dance with who brung him...liberals and moderates.
To quote Brian McNamee "it is what it is". McCain made his bed. He doesn't need conservatives. Let it play out and see if his strategy works.