I would also like to point out the following.

We have an old Senator from a border state as Republican nominee well ahead in the conference season. He espouses some traditional conservative views, but is disliked by the religious right. He has a lot of appeal across the political spectrum.

We have a close two horse race for the Democratic nomination that is likely to go to the conference. One is a charismatic and youthful politician, from a non-white Caucasian ethnic background. The other is more of an establishment figure who has had first hand experience working in the White House. The presumptive nominee for a long time, there are many within the party would have been happy to see the nomination go to anyone else.

I can't help feeling I've seen this before. Is there any chance McCain helped a nuclear powerstation when he was younger?