Right. But Barr would almost certainly get more on his side of the equation, given what we see on FR alone.
It would be a net negative for the GOP no matter how you cut it.
“But Barr would almost certainly get more on his side of the equation, given what we see on FR alone.”
I doubt it. There are a lot of members of FR who hate McCain and love any opportunity to bash him. In the end Barr will “hurt” McCain as much as Buchanan “hurt” Bush in 2000. Once McCain taps a true conservative as his running mate then Barr will vanish like Pat did 8 years ago.