You may not like his stands, but unless he suffers from a real lack of integrity, he is not a democrat.
If Bush implodes, he may very well be a consensus candidate for a new political alignment in 2004. I disagree with him greatly on many topics, but the Republican Party is not the party of lockstep mindthink. We are the party that has the big tent philospohically. The dems can keep with their clsoe ranks as they march off the cliff.
McCain is living his life in the marketplace of ideas. If his find enough currencey, they will prevail.
Except for his childish naivity on campaign finance, I find few of his issue differences actually disturbing.
Ed