McCain regrets not tearing the party apart by selecting liberal democrat Joe Lieberman. I think he was flat out told that the convention would reject that choice.
I know for a fact that, a month or two before the 2008 Republican National Convention, all elected Delegates and Alternate Delegates were asked whether they would vote to approve McCain’s VP choice if such person was not pro-life. The responses that I saw ranged from “No” to “HELL NO!” to “I will support McCain’s choice, because I am certain that he never would choose someone who isn’t pro-life.” Had McCain tried to get the Convention to nominate Joe Lieberman, not only would the Convention refuse to nominate Lieberman, but, unless McCain quickly corrected course and replaced Lieberman with a pro-lifer, it could have spurred a rebellion even among delegates pledged to McCain and the Convention would look for a different presidential candidate to nominate.
At the end of the day...
Sarah is still here. Our gain.
He’ll be gone. No loss for us, AND our gain.
F*** him.
At this point (health issues aside), I’d vote for Joe Lieberman over McManchurian any day.