Reply #25: No, I didn't say that -- nothing of the sort

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I said specifically that this has nothing to do with "party loyalty".

If Lincoln Chafee got the Republican nomination and ran against a conservative Democrat I would probably vote for Chafee.

What I said was that I would vote for any of the current Democratic candidates over any of the Republican candidates that are at all likely to get the nomination. And I would do that because any of the current Democratic candidates are far better than any of the Republican candidates, with the possible exception of Ron Paul, who has no chance of getting the nomination.

Lincoln Chafee wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting the Republican nomination because it's not that kind of party. And anyhow, he's not even a Republican anymore.