McCain: Palin VP choice based on qualifications [View all]

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Sarah Palin's qualifications were the overriding reason Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) selected the former Alaska governor as his 2008 presidential running mate, he said Sunday.

Speaking about presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney selecting of a vice presidential running mate, McCain said on ABC's "This Week" that the “primary, absolute, most important aspect is if something happened to him, would that person be well qualified to take that place?”

“I happen to believe that was the … primary factor on my decision in 2008," McCain said, "and I know it will be Mitt’s.”

Having a “person Romney]knows he could trust,” is also a critical consideration," McCain told host Jake Tapper.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2012/05/mccain-says-palin-vp-choice-based-on-her-qualifications-122579.html