Again, not well. But I’ll tell you (not in his defense, but just to point out) that there ain’t any terrorists out there endorsing McCain. They do seem to favor Hillary (whom McCain did say would make a good president).
When there is a choice between two evils, I prefer mine straight up and without the mask.
I (and many of us on FR) may often see through the masks, but they do fool too many people too much of the time for too long a time.
Think Clintons, Perot (not that he is inherently “evil”, just referring to that other, “folksy” mask) etc. McCain is now trying to wear a “conservative” mask, when he takes off his “maverick” one. Obama doesn’t have a mask, or if he has one, that socialist / “progressive” / populist mask or his real socialist / “progressive” / populist “face” won’t be attractive for long and will not “wear” well. When Clintons lost their “middle of the road, conservative Democrat” mask in their first years in WH, they lost big, put the mask back on and declared “Era of Big Government is over”.
When the “face” is the same, the only question that remains is “Mask or no mask?” To me, the answer is simple - straight up and without the mask, please...