- Remember MEChA? Obama, al-Qaeda cat’s paw? Sully’s fifth column? It’s all here, folks, and it would be irresponsible not to speculate about the links between this and John McCain’s VC Manchurian Candidate problem. The only thing McCain can do to fix the situation is to literally throw Gov. Palin under the wheels of a speeding bus and then recruit Jeff Gannon to replace her. It’s the only way to keep this momentum going.