Offering children a 'unique opportunity' ... Aspiring First Daughter Meghan McCain. Photograph: KPA/Zuma/Rex Features
After the embarrassment of having to re-think Johnny B Goode as his choice of campaign song when Chuck Berry turned out to be firmly in the Obama camp, John "Johnny B" McCain will now be looking to other PR strategies to rack up his appeal in the US presidential race.
Lucky for him that his daughter Meghan has written an inspiring children's picture book about her father's life. It's due to hit the shops in time for the Republican party's National Convention in September. On her "McCain blogette" the aspiring First Daughter, a recent art history graduate, kindly "shares" the press release. This promises to "offer children the unique opportunity to see the character-building events that happened over his lifetime, experiences that led up to his current bid to become the future President of the United States."
Children's eyes across the land of the free will no doubt be lighting up already at this prospect. No information yet about whether the book will be age-banded, or how campaign managers expect the story to play in the polls. Are campaign managers now seeking to deploy "pester power" to get the vote out?
