And lord that was problematic for him. We blogged on this earlier in the week, but after some more vetting on our part we realized that we left some info out.

So here it goes

Apparently, the maverick of the Senate, or the Sidekick of the President as Senator Bob Casey called him last night is ready to make his VP pick on Friday.

Well what the heck has taken so long.

Here are the contenders and why they may have been problematic to figure out:

Tim Pawlenty : McCain had to "google" to find out what state this guy was from.

Bobby Jindal: McCain asked the IOC, after seeing they did such a good job with the Chinese gymnasts, to check Jindal's birth certificate to see if he was old enough.

Tom Ridge: McCain had to figure out if that would affect the terror code scam on the public. He also had to find someone else to figure out what the colors meant.

Joe Lieberman : McCain had to figure out if Lieberman's kiss with Bush meant more than McCain's warm embrace with W. He seemingly got a little jealous

Two new candidates have emerged:

Kay Bailey Hutchinson : Well apparently these two do not get along. Wouldn't be the first time McCain made an arrangement with someone he called a four letter word.

Mitt Romney: Wouldn't call this new, but questions remains as to if he could make his Hillary Clinton the pick?