It'd be a shame

If Michael Ignatieff loses on Monday.

I'd prefer to see a Conservative majority but it's also in everyone's long-term best interests to see a vibrant, mature and intellectually honest Liberal Party as well.

Michael Ignatieff will (unless he's corrupted by the system, like Paul Martin was) almost surely work toward making both of Canada's ruling options reasonable and to a degree, principled.

Ignatieff's positions seem to be derived out of his core beliefs instead of being constructed out of convenience (anti-americanism, cynical manipulation of the electorate, etc.)... we need more of that in our governing institutions.