Nixon had Agnew and Bush the First had Quayle…

…and many people doubted those VPs’ qualifications to succeed, too, hence the almost amusing joke that they were their President’s life insurance policies.

But given McCain’s health, the odds of the country’s having to cash in his policy are far too high to take any chance of letting Sarah Palin near the Oval Office, let alone the button.

I wish John McCain a long and happy life, but I’m not willing to gamble my country’s future on it.

Obama-Biden '08

(As always, IBM has its opinions and plans; I have mine. Any resemblance between the two is coincidental.)