Problem with McCain is that he for some reason refuses to fight Obama. That will be a problem I believe in the general if he continues this track.
I understand your inclination to be frustrated with McCain, but there is method to his madness. Understand here, he is running as Dwight D. Eisenhower against Adlai Stevenson. He's running as the All-American hero, not a partisan fighter. He wants to appeal to the broad center. He knows Obama will be taken to the woodshed by others. He can say it's not the kind of race he wants to run, but the damage is already done to Obama, and McCain doesn't want to get any blowback.
He knows he's going to march to victory in November, and so rather than being concerned with winning at any cost, he's concerned with how he wins. He wants history to look back on his race and say he ran a dignified, elevated campaign.
He also doesn't want to be called a racist.
I hope you are right. We need to have a Republican in the White House this round for sure. Yes I know we won't always have a Republican in the White House...I am not that naive, but I do believe the next four years are critical.