The McCain Tire Swing

The tire-swinging metaphor explained in detail...

Last March, the McCains threw an afternoon barbecue at their Sedona estate for the DC Press Corps. Forty-five reporters were there. As Dana Bash put it: "He [McCain had a gas grill going and he was barbecuing baby back ribs. And he was sharing with everybody his recipe for the best, from his perspective, the best baby back ribs. And actually, we'll pull it on our Web site if anybody is going to want that." Or, in Megan McCain's words, "The guys from The Politico brought her [mom] flowers." See Megan's blogette video of the event here. Now, if you take a look at that video, you'll note at second 37, one Holly Bailey, champagne glass in hand, taking a swirl on the McCain family tire swing.