If McCain is able to win without conservatives then why would he listen to that group later?
McCain will never make all Republicans happy with his choices, but they won't be as good as Scalia, or as bad as Ginsburg. Hillary will gladly replace Souter with an outright Marxist.
Yes but could she get her marxist one passed? With the repubs opposing her? Maybe some independents may be forced to say no to an ‘outright marxist’ if they are that extreme.