Is John McCain getting Web 2.0 on us?

For anyone who had an opportunity to check out the clips from the Saddleback Forum on the Presidency on Saturday (or the replays on Sunday and/or on CNN.com), you may have been intrigued by some of the answers provided by the candidates to Rick Warren's questions.  

One that particularly intrigued me from John McCain was his final choice for an advisor for the "Who are the three wisest people you would rely on in your administration?" question.  His choice was Meg Whitman, the founder of eBay.  Hers is, in the words of the candidate, "one of the great American success stories." and also someone whose entrepreneurship has transformed the way that many of us conduct our business today.  In an essence, it was the invention of "social commerce."  

I believe that answer was not only strategic on John McCain's part (what public comment of a Presidential candidate isn't?), but also signaled a realization of the importance that technology, eCommerce, and social networking mechanisms are playing in the U.S. economy today.  His response to leverage her experience signals that he believes that this is the direction that we are headed.  Not knowing whether Senator McCain knows how to Twitter or not, he does campaign on LinkedIn and Myspace and is obviously a little bullish on the future of web-enabled businesses.  

Food for thought for today...