I contend it will be worse. Instead of the Dems introducing socialism, we will have McCain leading the pack with Dems in tow--introducing the same destructive policies and programs. We will have McCain rewriting the Republican platform to embrace his vision of the Party--amnesty, global warming, massive land acquisitions supposedly for "conservation," Law of the Sea Treaty, etc. We will have McCain in the position of undermining the election of good solid conservatives that don't buy into his leftist programs and trying to silence anyone in his party that disagrees with him. The MSM will eat it up and laud his great vision, all the while calling it "bipartisanship." With every headline of this "progress," you will feel that sharp jab in your back go ever-deeper.
I completely agree - I’m convinced that a McCain presidency would be far worse than an Obama or Clinton presidency for exactly the reasons you mentioned.
What lends gobs of credibility to the scenario you provide is the preview we've endured here in CA with Governor Arnold Schwartzenfrauder who has endorsed McCain!!!
We have been perfectly positioned for this coup by the MSM/DBM who love both Juan McGore and Senor Schwartzenfrauder who claim to be "CONservative Republicans!"
It's grand larceny for either of these political hermaphrodites to claim any part of the Reagan Revolution, which both have done and I find it REVOLTING!!!
Our CA Republican legislators have been out voted by the Dem majority and at the same time, completely coerced by their faux Republican Governor who's made everything worse with massive future bondage for the children!!!