McCain is a lot like the Nixon/Ford type of Republican, so in many ways, it is like 1972. Nixon gave us price controls, the EPA and a whole bunch of social programs, to coddle the leftists and let him fight the cold war. It didn’t work. We know better now, and it is sad that we are going backward not forward.
Not sure what you mean by "It didn't work."
Nixon won a historic landslide in 1972, after a first term marked by the actions you cite.
I agree—I think President Ford was the worst Republican President in my life, but he was so much better than Carter, I was startled he lost to him.
Nixon won the Vietnam war (Democrats in Congress lost it after he resigned) and supported China against the Soviets, leading to a rift in that alliance.
He was wrong on a lot and right on some.
McCain is like Nixon and Ford. He is better than both Democratic candidates on both the upside and the downside.