In this article from today's news about McCain's speech at Wake Forest University (located in Winston-Salem, NC), one comes across this little tidbit (thrown off by the reporter as an incidental but telling aside):
For a moment Tuesday, McCain appeared confused about where he was, saying, "I appreciate the hospitality of the students and faculty of West Virginia," then correcting himself to say Wake Forest as the audience laughed.
as the audience...nervously laughed?
Now I know these guys travel a lot, but raise your hands if you think McCain's gaffe (momentarily thinking he was speaking to an audience in WV when he was actually in NC) was just a case of being jet lagged--or was a case of a guy whose age is definitely showing.
And please don't say I'm being age-ist here: I'm calling it as I see it, and as I see it, McCain is undergoing the natural processes of ageing. Hence, his mind can be less than sharp. Hence, he is unfit for the demands of the highest elected office in America. Nature may be cruel, but it also seems hard to deny in this instance.