McCartney has done some good music and melodies. But I think when comparing him to the very greatest (to most people) classical composers they just did such an amazing amount of good stuff. The environment they were in demanded they compose a great deal of music and the style was more limited in the baroque and classical period so they had to concentrate in depth in a particular style. That's why I don't think you can compare to them, their genius evolved in a particular way because of the situation they were in. Tchaikovsky, who you mention, who was from much later, might be a better comparison as he wasn't as prolific and was very melodic. I still like to compare people more who are in the same kind of music though and McCartney hasn't for instance composed symphonies, concertos and ballets (longer forms of music) so it isn't that easy to compare even to Tchaikovsky.
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