Sure, NOW you tell us.
Top McCain aide: 'Sure, she showed signs of being completely nuts, but she drove our poll numbers up.'
Said Wallace: "The idea of a mentally ill vice president who suffers in complete isolation was obviously sparked by the behaviors I witnessed by Sarah Palin. What if somebody who was ill-equipped for the office were to ascend to the presidency or vice presidency? What would they do? How long would it take for people to figure it out? I became consumed by this question."
"Palin vacillated between extraordinary highs on the campaign stage -- she ignited more enthusiasm than our side had seen at any other point -- to debilitating lows. She was often withdrawn, uncommunicative and incapable of performing even the most basic tasks required of her job as McCain's running mate... There certainly were discussions -- not for long because of the arc the campaign took -- but certainly there were discussions about whether, if they were to win, it would be appropriate for her to be sworn in."
There's your modern GOP in a nutshell - willing to subject the country to either a bugfuck-insane VP or a nasty Constitutional issue, all in the name of winning an election.
How the fuck does Nicolle Wallace - or John McCain, for that matter - sleep at night?