I can't recall ever seeing that kind of camera shot before during an entire interview.
My wife mentioned the same thing. Usually, they will cut away to and fro using several different shots. Lets see if the rest of the interview is that way.
They are using a profile shot because they don’t want her to look into the camera and dazzle the audience or possibly hurt her with the audience. I’m serious. This is a technique that the McCain campaign might have asked for or it could have been ABC insisting.
That’s McCain’s handlers fault as well. They shouldn’t have allowed them to do that.