“The up-side would be the Republican Governor in CT would be able to appoint an “R” to his seat. That would really frost the Dems....”
Oh boy! You mean a Lincoln Chafee kind of Republican?
How super!! /s
Hey, don’t flame me when I’m tryin’ to make chicken salad outta chicken sh*t.
If that’s the best kind of R we can get in CT, we should take it.
It still counts toward a majority and without a majority, none of the more conservative Republicans in Congress will have a prayer of influencing either McCain or the legislature.
But I thank you for pointing out a fundamental flaw in the reasoning that often underlies the refusal to vote for McCain because he’s not conservative enough:
There are many disticts/states in this country where a conservative would never run, much less win. If the reasoning applied to McCain were applied in a principled manner, that is, downticket as well, we could kiss goodbye forever the possibility of constituting a majority.
It simply can’t happen unless those who live in more liberal districts/states hold their nose and vote for RINOs.
So it’s pretty dumb when people claim they won’t vote for McCain because, in their mind, he’s a RINO, but they claim they will still “help” the cause of conservative by how they vote downticket.
Who would undoubtably lose in 2010 when he/she would have to run for the full Senate term.