McCain is far from ideal, as almost all of us here know, but he does not wish to transform America into one more "Euro-utopia."
Look. The purpose of political change is to move
towards an objective. In the case of conservatism, it is to move towards less and less government. Even if you disagree with me on the distance we must travel, this is the case.
The Truman Doctrine applies here - "If we merely attempt to remain where we are, we will be driven back."
The problem with McCain is that he abandons any sort of desire of moving towards less government and more individual liberty. The only difference between McCain and Obama is the speed at which he wants to take you all towards less freedom.
Remember Reagan? "There is on left or right, there is only up or down..."
If McCain wins, you will be resigned to a European-like political reality where all you have is Statist A and Statist B.
And if you think that the Democrats will oppose McCain's expansions of the State, I have a bridge to sell you.
LEt me restate this:
The purpose of the Republican Party is to serve as a vehicle of conservative reform.
No reform means the party is meaningless.
A party that rendered itself meaningless deserves to lose the election.