Posted AT 3:46 AM EST on 15/09/08
John McCain identifies with Jack Bauer? That'll be the day
The news that John McCain has likened himself to Jack Bauer of 24 struck me like a thunderbolt.I was in Chicago the other day (long story, don't ask) and there it was in several U.S. papers. In The New York Times it was reported that in an interview with Marie Claire magazine (Marie Claire! The girliest magazine in the world), "Senator John McCain said he most identified with Kiefer Sutherland, who portrays Jack Bauer on 24, as opposed to Jack Nicholson or Bob Dylan.
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