But, but, just yesterday Michael Medved told us in his self-righteous, finger wagging way that McCain's not a RINO, and that we need to stop characterizing him that way.
Thomas Sowell might make a better President than some of the candidates.
Regarding your comment, Hell Yes! He'd at least be smarter than any of them, and honest.
I agree with Medved. McCain is with the Republican party enough that he isn’t simply running as a republican to get elected. He’s not consistantly conservative, and he also votes against the party on party-line votes too often for my taste.
Of course, I tend to eschew the “RINO” label anyway, preferring to discuss ways in which candidates fail to support conservative or even republican party issues, rather than simply drawing a line one way or another.
But even under accepted definitions of RINO, I think McCain doesn’t quite fit. IN some ways, he is pretty conservative, and we could do worse for President (this ignores the questions of emotional stability).