I have to respectfully disagree. I will give them the benefit of the doubt on some verbal slip ups; after all they are human, under a lot of stress, not enough sleep during the brutal primaries, etc., but I do think some of the gaffs are important. For instance McCain's recent one where he said the date when U.S. troops can begin to withdraw from Iraq is "not too important."

The Arizona senator made the comments on NBC's Today Show where he was asked if he had an estimate of when a withdrawal process may be possible.

"No, but that's not too important," McCain replied. "What’s important is the casualties in Iraq, Americans are in South Korea, Americans are in Japan, American troops are in Germany. That’s all fine. American casualties and the ability to withdraw; we will be able to withdraw."

Frankly, to me, this statement showed how out of touch he is.

And the other gaff, relating to shiites and sunnis'. He made it like 5 times in a row, and didn't even realize it until Lieberman corrected him.

And it isn't like he's had a pressure filled primary to work thru like Obama and Clinton.

I just have some doubts about his mental astuteness.