Jon McCain, my opinion today

And yet, how much difference does a few weeks or months can make.
I have followed the big line up of candidates for President of the United States on both sides of the proverbial aisle. I consider myself to be fairly conservative so I follow the Republican closer. Being no real fan of Senator McCain, I expressed my opinion about him and about everybody else respectfully, but in strong terms.
Months ago, most people would not have given him the benefit of the doubt on him being a viable contender.
I am a veteran and respect the courage and honor demonstrated by Senator McCain as a Soldier in my Army. I just was not sure of his ideology and what path he would follow if he won the nomination.
McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, and McCain-Lieberman come to mind. When most see these pieces of legislation as a plus since he was "reaching across the aisle" to our Democrat brothers, I see them not as positions in which the Senator was willing to compromise, but positions that go against most of what being a conservative American means. There are topics that we can compromise on in order to move forward, granted. But there are concepts and principles so important that even though we can look at them, we should remain steadfast because they are a matter of principle.
Now my candidate endorses Senator McCain. I understand where Governor Romney is coming from. He wants to unify the party. As much as I am passionate about my conservative principles, being a twenty one year veteran of the Armed Services, make me pragmatic. McCain will win the nomination.
Now we have one thing to consider. Senator Obama is the most charismatic politician in recent history, possibly overshadowing President Clinton. Senator Obama is running on a platform of hope and change. I can understand and sympathized with him since I am an idealist also. But again, I am also very pragmatic.
As an old salesman, I was an insurance and encyclopedia salesman a long time ago, I was taught to look for the needs of the prospected customer and verbally prove to the customer how my product could fulfill those needs. So, using reverse engineering, I can go back and analyze Senator Obama's message. The bottom line is very simple. He is promising everything that is required to make him the Democrat candidate for president; he also not telling us that we do not have the money to pay for what he is promising, and that all his promises would sink the United States in the greatest economic depression since the 1930's.
Unfortunately, Senator Obama is a great salesman. If he wins the nomination, Senator McCain will have one heck of a fight in his hands. And the problem remains that Senator Obama's promises are based on faulty economic promises, and that he is farther to the left in his ideology than even Senator Clinton.
The bottom line is that we need every fighting chance that we can get. Even that, in my opinion, Senator McCain could be called a Pseudo Democrat, he is still a Republican. And again the Constitution of the United States brings us to the answer: "We the people" we need Senator McCain to win the Elections and become our President. And all our voices, the voices of "We the people" should guide our Nation to a fairly speedy recovery.