Maybe -- or maybe not.

"True Conservative," going up on national cable and in some markets, aims to address McCain's problems with his own party and make the Gipper connection.

"A proud social conservative," notes the spot.

Am I the only one who think he begs the question of how conservative is McCain really is on those social issues?

After all, he just failed to name a single one of them in this ad.

But still, I won't go this far.

In the latest sign that a conservative backlash is starting to build against John McCain, conservative commentator Ann Coulter said Thursday she is prepared to vote for Hillary Clinton over the Arizona senator in a general election match up.

Speaking on Fox's "Hannity and Colmes," Coulter took aim at the GOP frontrunner, and suggested he was little more than a Republican in name only.

"If you are looking at substance rather than if there is an R or a D after his name, manifestly, if he's our candidate, than Hillary is going to be our girl, because she's more conservative than he is," Coulter said. "I think she would be stronger on the war on terrorism."

Coulter took aim at McCain's positions — particularly his fervent anti-torture stance — and said he and Clinton differ little on the issues. Coulter also said she is prepared to campaign on Clinton's behalf should McCain win the party's nomination.

"John McCain is not only bad for Republicanism, which he definitely is — he is bad for the country," she said.

I'll take McCain on a lot of issues over Hillary or Obama, because he is manifestly more conservative than either. Liberal and conservative groups agree on that in their ratings of the three. And on a number of key issues where he disagrees with my principles, he is still no worse that either of his Democrat rivals -- and is better on many others. And while I would much prefer Mitt Romney, I simply cannot imagine standing by and delivering the presidency into the hands of either Billary II or the wet-behind-the-ears Obama.

I hope Coulter and those like her come to their senses before they do great harm to this country.