John McCain is hitting the soft spot of many conservatives, and that is judicial philosophy and personal taste regarding Supreme Court appointees. Speaking at Wake Forest University, McCain did not disappoint. He lampooned against Obama and Clinton, and the left in general, for voting against conservative-constitutionist judges like John Roberts as a Supreme Court Justice. Instead, they routinely show support for those who interoperate the constitution based on their own beliefs, and not the law as it is written.

Mr. McCain continued, “And just where did John Roberts fall short, by the Senator’s measure? Well, a justice of the court, as Senator Obama explained it — and I quote — should share “one’s deepest values, one’s core concerns, one’s broader perspectives on how the world works, and the depth and breadth of one’s empathy.”
Those words, Mr. McCain concluded, “attempt to justify judicial activism.’’ In short, he said, no one for Mr. Obama “quite fits the bill except for an elite group of activist judges, lawyers, and law professors who think they know wisdom when they see it — and they see it only in each other.”

He eased tensions and suspicions that exist between him and the right by talking candidly about the types of judges he would appoint as President. He pointed out that he would support those who are against Roe v Wade and judicial activism and prevent its expansion into American legislation.

McCain, in my opinion, gets bad press from the issues where he sided opposite of Republicans and conservatives. But when it comes to abortion, gay rights, and gun control, his record is very conservative and credible.

Some examples, he voted for parental consent, voted to criminalize a non-guardian (of a minor) crossing state lines to obtain an abortion. He also voted to ban women in the military from getting abortions at military hospitals.

It was tough for McCain to make a big splash in North Carolina when the biggest primary vote in Democratic history was under way but he certainly got his ideas out. Additionally, I think he set up a contrast between him and his general election opponent in what type of Supreme Court judges would be appointed.