It's useful to judge the veep picks as an insight into how the two presidential candidates make decisions. A reader sums it up:
Looking at these two events, what do we see? Obama is cautious, conservative and highly deliberative in his approach. McCain is a risk-taker, indeed, even a bit rash.
In a world of Jihadist terror, resurgent great power politics, and proliferating WMDs, who are you more comfortable with? And how eager are you to roll the dice?
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/08/what-does-this-tell-us/212318/
