Doesn't matter who McCain was or what he did. Sarah Palin would not have gotten those peoples' vote if she were top of the ticket. Clarence Thomas wouldn't have got it. Thomas Sowell wouldn't have got it. It was liberal guilt. They wouldn't have cared about their guilt if it had been a conservative black man.
The main issue I have with guilt ridden white liberals is that they assume they need to feel guilty for the rest of us as well!