Obama was the one Democrat who could have lost, and McCain was the one Republican who could have won.
But it was a bridge too far.
McCain was the one Republican that had no chance of beating any Democrat. That is why the Media, Democrat crossovers and Indies chose him for us with a huge leg up from the hardcore religiously bigoted Evangelical movement, who by the way showed they are pretty irrelevant now and maybe more of burden than a help going forward