Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I would not classify McCain as a neocon nor would I say he is not “good people”. McCain has always had a hard time with the red team because he is not far enough right for many of them. He was practically counted out before things even got started this year as most expected much of the same as before – not enough appeal to the far right, and therefore lacking in the fundraising and vote getting needed to be successful in the red team primaries. McCain has been difficult for folks to pigeonhole because he is a bit of an independent thinker. He does not toe the party line and has worked many times across party lines. I am sure the core of the neocons are more than a bit skeptical about how things would unfold should McCain with the top job. There are several instances in which McCain did not jump to send troops or have US military deployed overseas. From his freshman year in 1983 he opposed Regan’s desire to send troops to Lebanon all the way thru to at first supporting only a limited (air only) Us military response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Hardly a hard-core neocon. Retired Adm. Bobby Ray Inman (a McCain supporter) says of McCain if he is able to get the top job: “…there is going to be a lot of disappointment on the neoconservative side.” http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-mccainpolicy16mar16,0,7782992.story?page=1 I would say McCain coming out on top is about as big a surprise for the red team as Obama coming out on top is for the blue team.
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