15 seconds ago 2009-11-10T05:45:03-08:00
In what may have been their last pitch to many voters hours before the polls open, John McCain and Barack Obama talked sports during a halftime interview on Monday Night Football.
Looking ahead to Tuesday, Obama adopted some coaching lingo saying that the campaign is “just trying to run our game plan.”
“I don’t get too high when things are going well and I don’t get too low when things are going south. That has helped me and the organization stay steady,” he said.
The Democrat said he would like to see a playoff instituted in college football, an idea that may not be a favorite among fans of top-ranked Alabama and Texas Tech, but definitely a popular idea with supporters of third-ranked Penn State and fifth-ranked Florida.
“I’m fed up with these computer rankings and this, that and the other,” Obama said. “Get eight teams. Get a playoff. And decide on a national champion.”
McCain said he would “take significant action to prevent the spread and the use of performance-enhancing substances” in sports and reveled in the success of his first-place Arizona Cardinals.
Asked by ESPN’s Chris Berman what one thing he wants voters to think when they step inside the voting booth, McCain, adopting Berman’s signature line, said, “He could...go…all…the…way to the White House.”
"Even though some pundits have written me off," McCain added, "that’s why they play the game.”
