I’m not sure why folks keep saying that. Look, it may look nice to have some Conservative hitch their wagon to McCain, but what possible good can come from it. John will be President. The VP can go suck eggs. Read up on Lyndon Johnson vs John F. Kennedy if you want to know what power the VP has.
IMO< the only thing a person gains by becoming McCain’s VP is to totally destroy their own credibility.
“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.