All other political issues aside, I don't think anyone can argue that an Obama NMB would be less friendly to us than a McCain NMB.

One has to understand that people like Bush and McCain did not become pilots because they loved aviation...they became pilots because it was the "safest" option to avoid getting drafted for more-hazardous gound combat duty (vice going to Canada, so yeah, you can Clinton-bash here if you want). So don't go thinking McCain has some sort of camaraderie with the ranks of airline pilots just because he's got some turbine PIC in the military. This is about labor vs. corporations in a general sense, and everyone knows which party is more friendly to organized labor!