My point is simply that we should not expect politicians to be all knowing. They are not. If they would be more candid about the areas they are strong or weak in, it would better serve the voting public. In the McCain exampled I used, I believe that in knowing of his ignorance in economics, Congress would be on notice to grill his appointees to Treasury, the Fed, etc., harder than normal as they would know that their decisions would be highly likely to be accepted by a McCain White House without question.

I did not intend in my post to address McCain showing up at an oil company sponsored rally, to approve of Phil Gramm as a guru, or to approve any other McCain policy. As a matter of fact, I generally am opposed to McCain and neo-con policies, and I am supporting Obama for President. I think Obama supporters would do better to attack McCain’s policy positions rather than the admittedly shocking soundbite about his ignorance. I was moved to include that in this post after listening to a radio host repeatedly reference it while I was listening on a recent road trip.

Thanks for the opportunity to clarify.