[uncbob]

I don’t think this is going to be a terrorism election or a national security election.”

It should be

But the majority of voters have their heads up their butts when it comes to security issues

[bill1952]

But the majority of voters have their heads up their butts when it comes to security issues

A lot of people also think that security issues start at the border, my friend.
And a majority of McCain supporters have their heads up their butts about that, as well.

[calcowgirl]

...the majority of voters have their heads up their butts when it comes to security issues

And McCain doesn't?

McCain's Senior Team - questions about John McCain's foreign policy plans
Insight on the News, March 13, 2000 by J. Michael Waller

(snip)

National-security issues, which McCain sees as one of his strongest points, may end up being his Achilles' heel. Already there is concern among his conservative friends that McCain may lack the disposition to command, showing an uncertain sense of purpose and outright bad political judgment.

"What's the first thing you would do as president?" the Detroit News recently asked McCain.

"The first thing I would do," the candidate answered, "is call in John Kerry, Bob Kerrey, Joe Biden, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger, Dick Lugar, Chuck Hagel and several others and say we've got to get foreign-policy, national-security issues back on track."