During his acceptance speech last night, John McCain talked a lot about fighting for regular Americans. Remember this:

“I fight for Americans. I fight for you. I fight for Bill and Sue Nebe from Farmington Hills, Michigan, who lost their real estate investments in the bad housing market. Bill got a temporary job after he was out of work for seven months. Sue works three jobs to help pay the bills.”
Wait a second: "real estate investments"? Like, plural? Like, more people who own multiple homes? 

McCain got me so emotional talking about Bill and Sue Nebe I looked them up on <whitepages.com>, and I am relieved to let you know they're still probably doing alright in their remaining home. The neighborhood is going to hell, though...

So you have no time to vet either your VP, your enormous backdrop, or your token ordinary Americans. How maverick...