Making progress… Sorry about the fuzzies; I knit better than I photograph, this was my fourth try.
Did anybody else see this? We were watching the debate last night via MSNBC, and McCain and Obama were shaking hands with the crowd afterwards, the thing still being aired. Just before the cameras cut out–and I’m guessing McCain must have thought they already had–the two men happened to find themselves next to each other again, and Obama reached out with a warm smile to shake McCain’s hand again, not as part of the debate performance but as two colleagues.
And McCain stood there stone-faced, absolutely refusing to. Cindy McCain finally shook Obama’s to cover for her husband’s gaffe.
(Edited to add: with the help of Momo Fali, this is the scene from a completely different camera and angle to what MSNBC showed. In this one, you can see McCain patting Obama on the back, but when Obama turns in response and reaches his hand out, McCain steps back away from him and waves him towards Cindy McCain. I would say that that was still rude, but it definitely is far better than standing there arms stock still like it had seemed. Thank you for the link and the clarification!)