So, this leaves two possibilities as I see it...
1.) He forgot his name and had to look. I guess seeing as he’s repeated Sgt. Jopek’s name in so many speeches that might not hold up too well.
2.) McCain was REALLY throwing him off his game, and was catching him off-guard so badly that when Obama was attempting to come up with his rebuttal in his head he needed extra time to complete the thought before continuing to speak... Kind of strange considering that he HAS spoken about this SO many times in speeches before... (Perhaps right after he said “I have a bracelet too” he realized how childish and stupid it made him sound?)
Yup - those are the 2 possibilities that I see, too. But I’m sorta in the “didn’t remember” camp...that he read it off speeches/teleprompters in the past maybe and really didn’t remember off the top of his head? was trying to make it personal, but didn’t have it on a teleprompter to help?
but yes, I think you’re right - it’s one of those 2 things...