Andrew Coyne and McGuintoryism

To paraphrase:

McGuintoryism-def. n. the practice of Ontario Conservatives and Liberals not swaying too far from the centre so as to keep as many of the same voters as possible resulting in vicious partisan bickering.

National Post columnist Andrew Coyne wrote an article on the leaders' debate as well as the referendum on electoral reform. On the latter, he says that Conservatives should embrace the MMP system since the system would encourage a wider debate due to the fact that no party could hope to get a huge "payoff" by winning 70% of the seats whilst polling at 38%. All parties would be able to take more risks in terms of policy.

Conservatives, like all parties, could have a constant impact on policy instead of waiting for the promised land of a Harris-style majority government to make whole-sale change.