PS - the main reason McCain lost, at least by as much as he did, wasn’t because he was a “moderate” - it was because he ran a crappy, seemingly half-hearted campaign and spent as much time being Obama’s cheerleader as being his opponent. He either wimped out or some kind of evil deal was made.
I agree mclame ran a cr*ppy campaign, but the fact remains that 15,000,000 Conservatives stayed home instead of voting for a freight train to socialism as compared to a rocket ship to socialism. Everytime we run a moderate, or have been acting like moderates in congress, we lose. Everytime we run a strong Conservative, or on Conservatives ideals in off year elections, we win landslides. You can set your watch by it.