And you are missing the point that, to the MSM, everything McCain or Palin do is a MAJOR issue. The point is that they won't mention this (like his middle name) or do any investigative research into his past. For Palin they are looking for dirt everywhere. They even recently had an interview with the woman who beat her in the Miss Alaska pageant who is African-American and voting for Obama ... yeah there's a breaking news story.
"to the MSM, everything McCain or Palin do is a MAJOR issue."
obama didn't "do" anything except be born with a Kenyan father.
Anything he did (and there's a lot there) is fair game but unless you can tell me how he is responsible for who is father is this is a non-issue.