@Buddy
“McCain sure deflated the Denver boom ”

My thoughts exactly! I think this is a truly inspired choice.

Now, to address the foreign policy experience question:

John O’Sullivan at The Corner offers the following re foreign policy experience & Margaret Thatcher…

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http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YzVmMGJlY2E5NmJlN2EwZTcwZmZjOTY2ZWIzNzk0NGY=

I agree, the key will be who the advisers are – if McCain selects a good crop of foreign policy advisers, then even in the event that he drops dead, Palin will then have those advisers advising her…

No problem – mountain outta a molehill.