>>I don't know that Biden's odds of holding the top position are really slimmer than McCain's VP. If you mean actuarially based the ages of McCain and Obama, I'm sure that's true. But I think there is a much higher than usual chance Obama will be assassinated if elected.
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>I don't think so. Afterall, Bush is still alive. There is always a possibility and there are always attempts which fail. Let's hope it's not a concern if either win. I was thinking of McCain's age...

C'mon... was there ever a successful orchestrated assasination (or a close attempt) at a truly right-wing politician? Remember that in the year when there was an attempt on pres. Reagan, John Lennon was successfully shot (and Lennon's FBI file was inches thick).

The probability of assassination of a president who leans insufficiently to the extreme right, like mr. Obama does, is proportionate to the square of this insufficiency. How many Kennedys vs how many Bushes? How many small aircraft fell, over the decades, with politicians onboard, and what were their colors?

C'mon, is there any danger at all (for mr. McCain ever getting assassinated)?