I did not see any “Patriotism” in John McCain’s Neocon war mongering. Got the US involved in 2 absolutely useless conflicts in Libya and Syria out of nothing more then his pompous narcissistic ego.
I think in 2008 a lot of people saw him picking fights like that all over the planet and decided the safer option was to vote Obama.
I wasn’t one of those, but I am sure they were out there.