[worst-case scenario]

But what happens if the situation is reversed? Obama wins the electoral college but McCain wins the popular vote?

What’s the scenario then?

[Retired Greyhound]

If McCain wins the pop. vote and Obama wins the EC, the MSM will gush about the genius of the founding fathers.

[fhayek]

Nothing. There would be an orderly transition of power accompanied by endless recitation's of the rules (by the MSM) as described in the Constitution.