Conservatives have recognized over the last few election cycles that they have to fight two battles: 1) most obviously, the Dims in the general election, and 2) almost as importantly, the Cinos/Rinos in the primaries.
We haven’t done a very good job in the primaries in the past, resulting in Cinos like McCain being elected. The result is Republicans who are more comfortable with Dims than they are with conservatives in their own party.
It’s now time to take the party back, and that means fighting hard in the primaries.
Agreed - and therein lies the rub. This is a primary election and our opportunity to see a conservative in McCain’s seat (which would make two from Arizona, by the way). This is the point at which we should be having debates of this type. McCain’s ACU score looks OK to people unfamiliar with the rating system, but when compared to other Republican senators (except for Snowe, Collins, etc.), not that good at all.