The obvious and possibly most critical difference is the ability to replace all those dying left wing justices and judges. Hillary or Obama gets in and the 9th Circuit Court becomes the norm. The ACLU gets approval authority over all nominations. Kiss the 2nd Amendment goodbye. Adios individual liberties. Auf Wiedersehen capitalism, hello socialism. All based on rulings of the new ultra liberal court system.

McCain's weak on illegal immigration, but nothing compared to what the Libs would do. Bit of a stretch, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a Democrat administration apologize to Mexico for the 1848 war and try to give part of the southwest back. (There will be a formal apology for slavery and some sort of compensation.)

McCain is for stricter law enforcement and sentencing. He supports full sentences for violent crimes with no chance for parole. Dems favor mandatory parole with no chance of prison.

Yeah, McCain has supported some liberal views with which I totally disagree. McCain-Feingold is an abomination. His votes against the tax cuts were absurd, though he does claim that he wanted the bills to include reductions in spending, a noble albeit futile effort. And of course he angered conservatives with his views on the Shamnesty Bill. Almost all the politicians were wrong on this one. Unfortunately, McCain was wrong louder and his comments more demeaning than most. When McCain goes against the conservative elements of the Republican Party, it always gets big press.

McCain is not the most conservative member of the Senate, not even close. Among Republicans, he's probably about the 25th-30th percentile. But on the vast majority of votes, he has agreed with the "conservative position", whatever that is. Meanwhile, Hillary and Obama vote that way about once in 15-20 times. That's a lot of votes on defense, unions, education, law enforcement. taxes, business regulations, energy, and foreign relations, not to mention abortion, gay marriage, flag burning, etc.

He's not my choice for Prez. I was mad as hell last week when I got his push pull. Voted against him more than for Romney. But if necessary, I will vote for him in November.

"If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for...but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against." Lazarus Long