He would have been almost as bad because there would be no party standing for the Constitution. Right now, the libtards have Americans reviewing the Constitution again, most for their first time ever. If McCain were in office (as another extension of Bush style big gub'ment), a third party would have arised and certainly have split the conservatives/constitutionalists in this nation. Only because of Obama being so far to the left do we have a chance for true hope and change in 2010/12 out of utter disgust by those finally getting a grip on our founders' intent.