McCain said that not choosing his friend and former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) as his running mate was “another mistake that I made” during the election, which President Barack Obama won, though he offered praise for Palin’s work on the campaign.
Palin told The Daily Mail in May, “That’s not what Sen. McCain has told me all these years.”
https://people.com/politics/sarah-palin-john-mccain-death-tribute/
I held my nose and voted for the asshole, mostly because of SP. I absolutely would not have bothered if he had picked Lieberman. McCain would have gained very few votes with Lieberman and would have lost a bunch.