I think McCain is an honorable, if misguided, man.  I think he's bought into the Big Lie that Bush et. al. have been pushing since Little W. took office.  He may even believe it.  But, I think he feels very, very, bad when he's done something wrong.  It's just that he can't say no to his RNC handlers.  We'll probably be seeing a burst of negative ads that will go down well with the unwashed masses, but will in the end give McCain grief whenever he looks in the mirror.

But what about Sarah?  We've got:

• Ethics issues in Alaska (nothing illegal, but...)
• Expense issues (legal by "the book", but...)
  
• Getting paid per-diem to live in her own home while governor.
• Getting the state to pay for husband & kids to travel to "state" events.
• Acceptance of hate speech at her rallies
  

She seems excel at "skirting around the edges" of ethical issues.  Hence, my title for her of "Spiro Light".  Now you kids might not remember good old Spiro T. Agnew, VP under Richard Nixon.  Like Palin, Agnew's GOP handlers gave him great lines such as "nattering nabobs of negativism".  Palin get's "Drill, baby, Drill".  Not as catchy, but she didn't have William Safire as a writer.  Why "lite".  Palin (at least not to date (hmmm... I'm sounding like one of those GOP folks implying things about Obama, aren't I?)) hasn't been formerly charged with anything, but she sure likes to dip into the public coffers and pull the state strings if it will do her some good.  What my stomach tells me is that if Palin were to end up in the VP office (Ghu Forbid!), there would be a lot more found out than what we see now.

Boy, this turned into a real rant, didn't it?  I guess I'm just getting Real Tired of Palin's wink-wink, down-home, you-betcha persona.  For goodness sake, just look at her... she's a lightweight who's never run anything larger than a middle-sized US city.