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Originally Posted by Danzig
perhaps. but i have no doubt if he could do it over, she wouldnt be his choice.
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McCain wanted Leibermann, and Liebermann was willing to do it and be vetted. They even figured they could get him through the GOP convention with a walkout only of part of the ultra-con base.
Lindsey Graham (McCain's good friend) inadvertently put the kabosh on that one at a speaking event, leaking that a "pro-choice" candidate could be considered. Remember that public firestorm of speculation on that one? Leib was out.
So a week before the GOP Convention McCain had no VP pick. Palin was an unvetted hail mary "gamechanger" attempt to suck up the base.