why not Fred?
I am not sure Fred would be interested.
Fred Thompson is in his late 60s, and more importantly, he looks even older than that. Picking him as veep when McCain himself is 72 would be a recipe for a blowout loss in November.
I can see the ads from the DNC now: “We are looking towards the future while the Republicans can do no better than to find two old white men born closer to the year 1900 than 2000.” Plus it would make McCain’s criticism of Obama being a celebrity look foolish if he turned around and picked someone that most Americans only know as a Hollywood actor.