McCain will use this to his advantage and it will sound lame to the freepers who know him well. Still, the fact that he is uttering the words will make us WANT to believe and so (hopefully) many will vote, holding their noses, but they'll vote because the alternative is unthinkable.
I myself was very heartened to hear McCain come out STRONGLY in favor of the Second Amendment within a matter of hours after the gunfire died away at Virginia Tech. That was impressive to me, 'cause it would have (did) afforded the gun grabbers another safe platform to which he could've safely leaped, but he didn't. MAYBE there is hope.
I think that most who vote for McCain who feel forced into the decision will find him more palatable in his decision for veep. We'll have to wait and see. But ALGORE lost the White House on this single issue. It will probably replay itself this way again. The DEMS will never get this one. NOT EVER. It's our one saving issue that reaches (truly) across the aisle of political parties.
Apparently the author thinks all handguns are semi-automatic. Tell that to my revolver.