[Pravious]

“I’m not sure why folks keep saying that”

Because McCain is OLD. Even if he doesn’t drop dead in office, it seems unlikely that he’ll run for a second term. Therefore his VP choice will have a leg up on the nomination for 2012.

This, of course, presumes that McCain can actually win — which I doubt, considering he has a deep aversion to actually saying anything negative against the people who are running against him.

[DoughtyOne]

I’m not sure why folks keep saying that

Because McCain is OLD. Even if he doesn’t drop dead in office, it seems unlikely that he’ll run for a second term. Therefore his VP choice will have a leg up on the nomination for 2012.

McCain who intially stated he only wanted one term in office, has recently begun to talk of a second term.  I'm not convinced at all that he won't serve two terms.

If his health fails, you may be right.  His mom's health hasn't failed yet and she's mid-90s.

This, of course, presumes that McCain can actually win — which I doubt, considering he has a deep aversion to actually saying anything negative against the people who are running against him.

I believe there may be enough cross-over voting that McCain may indeed be elected.

If we were talking about traditional support, I would point out Bush's two squeakers and state he couldn't win because he will drive many people away.  In this instance though, he's going to be quite compelling to middle-ground Democrats.  With Hillary he gets less of them, but with Obama he will get votes from people who see Obama for what he is.

Then we'd have to deal with a man who agrees with far too many Democrat pipe dreams.