“However, as bad as McCain was, I would give damn near anything to trade the last three years under the socialist Obama for a McCain presidency.”
Then you’re nuts. You can bet that having McCain in the White House would have neutered the few conservatives in the GOP to the point of Obamacare and amnesty being passed by McCain and labeled ‘compassionate MAVERICK conservatism.’ Having Obama has, if nothing else, galvanized the right wing to vote. I won’t vote for Romney or any other milquetoast moderate. But I’ll vote every time, and my vote will mean something—something besides, “He wasn’t as bad as that other guy, so you can put up someone else like him next time, too.”
Your own contention makes no logical sense.
If a McCain Administration had attempted the same overreach as Obama, they would have elicited the same reaction. You have no basis for your conjecture that McCain would have attempted to implement socialized medicine. None. You have merely extrapolated your dislike for McCain, to paint him as being as big a socialist as Obama. McCain was no Ronald Reagan, but he was no Obama either.
You have NO clue what you’re talking about.