“I think the more on the spot he’s placed, the more he’s going to fumble verbally. Then we may hear more honesty than he’d admit to otherwise.”
Well, that’s a huge part of it. And I don’t think McCain is all that unwise lurking in the shadows, either.
John McCain is no orator. He’s not going to blow anyone away with his eloquence, incitefulness, or his charm. I think he’s kind of pulling the same low-key campaigning he used in the Republican primaries—just hoping to swoop in and steal the prize at the last minute from over-exposure and weariness of his competition. I don’t know if that’s the intended strategy or not, but having McCain making grand speeches like these of Obama would be a bad idea.
agree...slow and steady...tortoise and the hare....