In a general conversation, my son Noah had asked my wife and I, "who is running for president?" We explained about Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain. He perked up and quickly declared his vote for John McCain. With curiosity I asked him why he liked John McCain, wondering if they had talked about it at school. He replied that he liked John McCain because "he was in the movie."
Well...a few months back we rented the action flick Live Free or Die Hard starring Bruce Willis, as NYPD officer John McClain, hero of all of the Die Hard movies. After explaining they were not the same people, he stuck with the candidate citing the name likeness.
Speaking of John McCain, and coming from someone who is not perfect in my past, I have one word for the New York Times story today - shameless...