CBS News this week continued airing its ongoing series of interview segments with the 2008 presidential and vice-presidential candidates, whose answers when asked the same questions revealed much about their respective vision for governing the country. Viewers have a question of their own to answer: “How do these candidates’ answers match their past behavior — both during their careers and also in the way they have conducted their campaigns this year?” The three vice-presidential clips aired Wednesday-Friday. For those who did not view the earlier Sept. 18 and 24 segments featuring the two presidential contenders, they also are posted here.

Not since Roseanne Barr’s infamous ballpark stint when she masqueraded as a national anthem singer has the American public been asked to believe such a ridiculously phony illusion as Sen. John McCain’s most recent invention of himself as a “change” agent. Facing overwhelming public sentiment for a leader who is able to restore the nation to its rightful course, combined with the possibly decisive advantage of his opponent on that very issue, McCain has cloaked himself with an ill-fitting garb that only makes him look silly.