McCain, is simply doing what the democrats wanted to achieve with Hilary Clinton, but in a more subtle way, ie by putting a woman into the vice presidents role, the people will want this change. I can see the tactic behind this, if the democrats want to run with Obama for the President, (Black American candidate), then the Republicans will accomodate the other side of the voters spectrum by having a woman in the potential VP role, a good compromise if one can't have a woman in the Presidents role.