Well, we’ve only really known him for his solid foreign policy stances. In other arenas, he might be for big-government and big-spending, not giving one whit about the deficit. Similarly, he could be a big gay-marriage supporter and an all-out lefty libertine on social issues.
That’s why I never jumped on the idea of him as a candidate whenever the notion circulated around. At least, until I knew about whether his supposed ‘conservatism’ indeed spread to other issues. Which I now find highly doubtful, if he’s supporting Romney.
I thought I remembered him being liberal on some social issues. From googling, I just found a few unreliable sites saying that he is gay-friendly but pro-life. Overall, I gather that he only really cares about national defense issues.
I just googled "John Bolton social issues," and the top result was a National Review post from 12/8/10. I mention this because I thought it was ironic that one of the only fourteen comments on that post was "This is a hilarious joke. I liked Bolton, but come on! Will there be a Rick Santourm profile next!" Of course, the top of the page has the cover of the current issue, which profiles Santorum.
He's pretty big in the NRA. He damn sure ain't no lefty-libertine.