Fortunately, mainstreet USA doesn’t care what the talking heads have to say.
I think there are an awful lot of Americans out there who only pay attention to politics every four years who did not know McCain's story. If so, he should get a bounce in the polls from some Indie voters.
If not, he misjudged the electorate and the critics of the speech will be proven correct. We'll have a pretty good fix on where the race stands by Monday.