Uh...no. McCain's a RINO because of the way he "reaches across the aisle to his "friends", the DemocRats" and because of the way he has voted and shown bipartisan support for socialist and other legislation that endangers our republic.
That, plus he's either too stupid to be conservative since he mistakenly 'thinks' that ANY of the DemocRats are his ""friends""....or...if any DemocRats really ARE his friends, then McCain is a traitor and in bed with them, which is pretty much the problem I've had with him ALL ALONG. (ergo my nickname for him, Snake/Maverick McCain)
SCREW McCAIN!
McCain is lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.
Perhaps. but that's not the topic of this thread. The topic is about McCain refusing to endorse Palin, and then using the phrase "let a thousand flowers bloom."
You can criticize McCain all you want. In fact, I encourage ciritism of him. I'm not a big fan of his either. I was as dismayed by his nomination in 2008 as much as you.
My only point is that when you criticize him, do it for substantive reasons. Criticize him for cap and trade, for for the bank bailout, for pushing the illegal alien amnesty, and the like.
On the other hand, it strikes me as pretty stupid to call him a RINO for simply refusing to endorse Palin this early on, or using a benign metaphor that Mao once used.