McCain has quite a record beyond doing terrible in the academy.
Some key points:
-Only managed to get anywhere because of daddy’s reputation
-Managed to crash more planes than he shot down (usually from being a dumb ass)
-Cheated on his former wife multiple times
-When he came back from the war and his former wife had been crippled from a car accident, he left her for Cindy, who was worth $100 mil.
-Huge temper (just the kind of guy you want with the nuclear codes, amirite?)
Palin is just a goof.