McCarthy would have been a terrible President. He was extremely egotistical and his policy prescriptions were often bizarre.
That being said, I have a lot of nostalgia for McCarthy's 1968 campaign. He bumped off singlehandedly an incumbent President from his own party; that takes guts and energy no matter how you view him.
I guess I'm glad America produces politicians like McCarthy -- real individualists who often make a difference, no matter that they'd be terrible Presidents if they ever got elected.
>I guess I'm glad America produces politicians like McCarthy -- real individualists who often make a difference, no matter that they'd be terrible Presidents if they ever got elected.<
Substitute the name, "Perot" for "McCarthy" in the above sentence.