With a promise made of a free dinner by my folks, I attended the same forum as
chocophile. (McCain was in 4th place in my choice of "R" candidates but I was introduced to McCain at the forum by my Dad.)
As a
Field Technical Representative for Douglas Aircraft Company, my Dad gabs with McCain at every opportunity about McCain's downed aircraft—a Douglas
A4D-2N aircraft—including at the forum. My Dad's co-pilot in WWII,
Lou Conter, a
USS Arizona survivor, was McCain's
A4D-2N instructor in survival training.
In Wolfeboro, McCain cracked an Irish joke at his own expense and handled a few sticky questions with aplomb. He was most reverent with Matt Stanley's bracelet and request, and I was especially impressed that it made national viewership. FWIW, McCain
didn't say he wore the bracelet every day.
I'll probably vote for
McWhatsHisName and Sarah Palin.
