So when, as a presidential candidate, McCain said that, if elected, he would seek to work with Democrats and independents, and that he would search for consensus, it was easy to believe him. After all, this is exactly how he had behaved as a senator.
因此，作为一个总统候选人，当麦凯恩说，如果他当选，他将寻求与民主党人和独立党派人士的合作并寻求共识，人们当时很容易相信他的话，毕竟，这正是他作为一个参议员的一贯的作风。看来，在竞选伙伴的挑选上，他肯定也会采用相同的立场。他的朋友，参议员约瑟夫·利伯曼，一位前民主党人和在伊拉克战争问题上的鹰派人物，似乎是最有可能的候选人。