Excellent point. I passed on Peg in 1994 because I feared that the election would be too close to not beat Marc Singel. I regret not voting my conscience that year. Four years earlier, I defiantly pulled the Bob Casey lever because Hafer ran the most repugnant political campaign I have ever seen. She knows how to alienate her base, believe me.
In 1998, my vote was Luksik's from the get-go. I hated the thought of giving any kind of support to a pro-abort RINO like Tom Ridge, and felt that I could afford to go third party due to Ivan Itkin's ineffectual challenge which posed no threat to the incumbent. I even convinced my wife, a pro-life Dem, to go with Luksik.
Now, for the first time since I was old enough to vote, there's a PRO-LIFE REPUBLICAN on the ballot. I've even convinced my wife, who supported Casey in the primary, to cast her vote for Fisher. She tends to be a gun-grabbing socialist, but at least she knows what the most important issue is.