John McCain, Natural

It is the unscripted moments of a campaign that tell the most about who the candidate really is. John McCain has a tendency to be unscripted. He is real, he is warm and gracious most of at those times.

Holly Bailey of Newsweek has written about several of those incidents in her article today.

The first was at the National Council of La Raza meeting Monday.

McCain, who continues to talk up his idea of joint town halls with Obama, decided to take questions from the audience after his remarks. After fielding several questions, many not so friendly, McCain was about to take another when he was interrupted by one of the organizers, who announced over the PA system they were out of time. As he often does when his own staff tries to wrap up an event, McCain shook off the intrusion like a pitcher defying his catcher and took the next question. But NCLR reps, trying to keep the event on time, just wouldn’t be stopped. While McCain was answering the question, one of the organizers took away the microphone audience members had been using to talk to McCain. When the senator finished his answer and saw the microphone was gone, a look of annoyance flashed on his face. And then, McCain simply threw his own microphone into the audience, calling for one last question. It’s a move that’s trademark McCain.

The people wanted answers from the Republican Nominee, John McCain, and he determined that their wishes be respected.

Right on John!

Keep it real!