That very quote, alongside his picture, hangs next to the door entering my office. I will not vote for either McCain or Romney under any circumstance. I will likely write in someone else.
In both parties combined we have (4) "electable" (note, I did not say desirable) candidates left, who share at least two common denominators. (1) They will all say anything necessary to win votes and get elected, and (2) There isn't a conservative among them. Unfortunately, there are few differences between them on the issues that matter to me - immigration, gun rights, taxes, and limited government. I make these judgements based on what they've done as elected officials and what they've said as they have sought election.
Romney - In my book once a flip-flopper, always a flip-flopper, and flip-floppers aren't fit for duty. Gubernatorial candidate Romney is a different guy than presidential candidate Romney. Even if I could take him at his (recently more conservative) word, I'm still convinced that Romney isn't packing the gear necessary to address the issues that will confront our nation.
McCain - He just doesn't have the temperment. I'll predict he will close Gitmo, end terrorist interrogations, grant legal status and protections to terrorists who don't even deserve the protections of the Geneva Convention, fail to close our borders, all of the above making our country weaker in the eyes of our enemies and more susceptible to their plans for attack. And I can never look past how often he has "reached across the aisle" to the detriment of our constitutionally enumerated rights.
So, no, I'm not willing to compromise and surrender by choosing a "lesser evil" just because their name on the ballot is followed by (R).
Well stated...