That isn't intellectual. It's making an excuses. Now, if you simply applied the same litmus test to everyone who endorsed, supported a RINO, you'd have no argument from me. I may disagree with you, but at least you'd be consistent in thought and common sense.
But when you go from 'supporting any RINO means you're a RINO' to 'McCain is a more evil RINO than ROmney' to 'it only counts if the person has power', it becomes nothing more than the condition/excuse-laden reasoning we've become accustomed to in DC, and something more along the lines of liberal thinking than anything else.
Do you even read the drivel that you post?
Just move on, you pinged Jim Rob, then ran away.