The star of the video was McCain's mom, who, it seems, has looked exactly the same since she was 30, and calls her son a "mama's boy." The theme of the video, though, is destiny. While reminding us of just how horrid McCain's experience in Vietnam was, and how heroically he comported himself, there's no mention at all of a governing record, or a policy prescription for the future. Rather, the argument lies upon the idea of destiny -- that John McCain was born, and fought, and survived improbably to become president of the United States. --Dana Goldstein
