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In his new book, The Restless Wave, and in an upcoming HBO documentary, U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) expresses regret about choosing former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate in the 2008 election. According to TheNew York Times, in the documentary, McCain refers to the Palin selection as “another mistake” he made in a long political career. In his new book, McCain reportedly claims that former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, a Democrat, would have been a better choice for the ticket. McCain noted that his advisers convinced him not to choose the Democrat, so he picked...

Another FreeRepublic Op-ed for the political season (#2 in a series) The first in this series of op-eds [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053169/posts] began with a composite exchange between three mythical posters. The subsequent posts by fellow Freepers served to illustrate the accuracy of that composite ‘fictional’ exchange. This episode will not have such a fictional exchange. The central feature of this op-ed will be the selection of a candidate to accompany McCain in his run for the White House as we try to explore what is needed in such a candidate. It can be argued that the man or woman chosen to be...