2008 Campaign Quiz – New Yorker Humor

A 2008 Campaign Quiz. by Paul Slansky

1. What question was John McCain asked that prompted eight seconds of silence before he said he’d get back to the reporter later?

(a) Why he couldn’t campaign and worry about the financial crisis at the same time.

(b) Whether it was fair to allow Viagra to be covered by health insurance, but not birth-control pills, as he had voted.

(c) Why he said, “Now is not the time to affix the blame” for the failure of the first bailout bill, right after blaming Obama for it.

(d) Why he lied to David Letterman.

Humor: The New Yorker