McCain on SNL

Well, John McCain appeared on SNL last evening and his campaign has to be thrilled about the exposure and the message . . .

Here's the first segment, wherein the writers made light of McCain's age (no biggie, when you're making the joke) and his reputation as a fiscal conservative (never a biggie). Though the segment was skimpy on humor--noone would blame that on McCain, and the long spans without a joke only emphasized the frugality message.

Here's the second segment (during "Weekend Update") in which McCain delivers great lines and comes off as a lovable rascal (well, kind of lovable).

I think effective humor typically has some nugget of truth in it. And unlike some other comic appearances by politicians, the nugget of truth in the context of McCain's SNL appearance last evening does not reflect poorly on McCain.