Fortunate Daughter

They talk about their mornings.

"We went on a hike," Bae says, referring to herself and Brand.

"I watched a vampire movie," McCain says. "I do not like hiking and nature."

Meghan does like: Her aviator sunglasses -- "a campaign essential!" And awarding lucky scribes her highest online honor, "best dressed reporter" of the week. And her dad, whose pre-debate makeup she supervises to make sure that his "walnut cheeks" are duly minimized.

McCain doesn't say much about her own politics, except that she's more socially liberal than her dad and that she voted for John Kerry in 2004 -- and by the way, she wishes people would "stop acting like they're outing me," 'cause she's been open about all that. Anyway, she says, it's her dad's beliefs that matter.

"I love my dad and I think he'd be an amazing leader," she says.

Neat trick. Just enough.

And not a smidgen more.