Yes, indeed. Let's run articulate, vigorous, committed conservatives on the Republican ticket. John McCain is an honorable man, but a lukewarm conservative (by voting record) and a poor spokesman for anything.
John McCain is a genuine American hero and patriot and will do more for this nation than anyone I have ever known.
That said, John McCain was a disgrace as a campaigner. He should have never been the GOP standard bearer. A chimpanzee could read a teleprompter than McCain. He mumbled, went off message, demonstrated lockjaw of the brain, and could barely string 3 coherent sentences together, especially on the economy. All this in a 30-second sound bite television age. Small wonder we lost.