Senator John McCain is trying to come off as one of those of-the-moment, 21st-century presidential candidates. He did Jon Stewart’s show, can use a BlackBerry. It’s important to talk to bloggers, too, Mr. McCain says, “painful as that might be.”
And when a College of Charleston student asks Mr. McCain, a 71-year-old Republican from Arizona, what he personally is doing to reduce greenhouse gases, he offers that he bought one of those eco-trendy cars for his 22-year-old daughter, Meghan according to the New York Times.
“What’s it called, a Purr-ess? Pryuss? Peer-uss?”
“Prius,” someone calls out.
“Yeah, Py-russ,” the candidate clarifies.
“No, Prius.”
“O.K., Prius, Prius,” Mr. McCain says like a chastened schoolboy. “I ought to know the name of it; I paid for it.”
Mr. McCain is still riding around in his campaign bus, christened the Straight Talk Express during his insurgent presidential campaign of 2000. On Thursday morning, Mr. McCain (running on cappuccino) was sprawled within it on a leather chair, giving a shout-out to that leading-edge comedian, Henny Youngman.
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