Here's what Pat Buchanan has to say about McCain:



His point is well taken, that we need an Eisenhower (who is moderate and smart, and knows how to use military pressure without all-out devastating wars) rather than a President out to make a name for himself as a war-president.

I think some strategic bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities would be in order, but we need time to rebuild our military, not to fight another ground war with Iran.
And even bombing might not be necessary.

It might be more productive to use diplomatic pressure and rally popular opposition to Ahmadinijad inside Iran, rather than bombing Iran, which would rally Iranian popular support to Ahmadinijad's side, and lose another generation of Iranians, who are right now very pro-Western, despite their authoritarian islamic government.

Whether McCain, with all his experience would be an Eisenhower or a W.Bush II, is still an open question.

On amnesty for illegals, McCain's position is identical to Bush's (as are Hillary and Obama's). But in other areas, while often alleged to be "just like Bush" by his Democratic opposition, that remains to be seen.