WHO WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT FEMINIST IN US POLITICS IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS? JOHN MCCAIN

POLITICS DAILY:

John McCain, feminist hero? While the Arizona senator didn't win the presidency, his campaign is creating quite a political legacy.

Sarah Palin, Carly Fiorina, Meg Whitman, Meghan McCain -- love them or hate them, he helped put them where they are today.

Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, and Whitman, the former CEO of eBay, were advisers, fundraisers, and spokeswomen for the McCain campaign and now are running for office in California: Fiorina for Senate, Whitman for governor. Meghan McCain, who burst into the public eye by blogging her dad's campaign, is a writer and emerging spokeswoman for younger, socially moderate Republicans.

Palin, meanwhile, is rapidly approaching Reaganesque levels of idolatry among some conservatives.

YES: MCCAIN IS A LIBERAL LIKE DUBYA AND JOE LIEBERMAN, BUT HE'S A GOOD LIBERAL.

AND, BY PROMOTING PALIN AND FIORINA AND WHITMAN, HE HAS HELPED THE GOP AND CONSERVATISM.

IF THEY WIN THEIR NEXT ELECTIONS, (FIORINA AND WHITMAN THIS YEAR, AND PALIN IN THE NEXT 12 YEARS), THEN THESE WOMEN WILL BE MCCAIN'S GREATEST LEGACY.

ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IS RECAPTURING CALIFORNIA.

THAT CHANGES 2012 IN A BIG BIG WAY.

THANK YOU JOHN MCCAIN!