Your reaction is much more emotional than mine. I have a real reason not to vote for John McCain. If amnesty passes, you not only give legal status to 12 to 20 million illegals, you also allow at least 66 million more LEGAL immigrants to join them over a twenty year period thru chain migration, i.e., family reunification over a 20 year period. This is on top of current legal immigration of 1.2 million annually. It will be game, set, and match for this country if that happens. I won't be complicit in the destruction of my own country.
On your signature issue, the alternative to McCain is WORSE, whether it's Obama or Clinton. Your "revenge" on McCain ends up being hurting you more than if you behaved like a responsible citizen.
No, Obama and Hillary are not worse on amnesty. They are the same on comprehensive immigration reform. They voted the same way on the same bills.
My vote has nothing to do with "revenge." Can I be held to same standard as McCain on his votes for McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, or McCain-Lieberman? Must I vote for someone who wants to shut down Gitmo? Or has Juan Hernandez on his staff?
Attacking me on my behavior as a "reasonable citizen" is an insult I take great offense to. I served 8 years as a naval officer including a year in Vietnam and another 8 months off the coast. I also served 28 years as a Foreign Service Officer including two years in Iran during the fall of the Shah and being in the Embassy when it was overrun the first time by Khomeini supporters on February 14, 1979, two years in Poland during martial law and the rise of Solidarnosc', and five years in Saudi Arabia during the entire period of Desert Shield/Storm.
I will match my reasonableness and service to this country to your's anytime. I am acting out of conscience and principle, not emotion or revenge. John McCain probably understands that better than you do.
So you say....