You can tell a lot about someone by the company they keep. McCain is a loser.
I think you're right on the money, and your conclusions draw one to think beyond:
* How did such a man become our candidate without the complicit cooperation of the RNC?
* Why WAS Palin the VP pick? No one could have foreseen the powerhouse she turned out to be and it seems an uncharacteristic pick for McCain - I can't help but have this nagging feeling that someone saw her as a force to be dealt with in the future. Maybe by throwing her out there, totally unprepared in their minds - throwing a sheep to the wolves, it would eliminate her name from future consideration.
Of course, we can see now, that such thinking (if it did exist) totally backfired on them & now we have Sarah unleashed.
In my mind, Palin was an answer to our prayers. The LORD works in mysterious ways.