What if you were a presidential candidate firmly against gay marriage and you were trying to drum up some votes for the upcoming election and you decided to make an appearance on a popular talk show hosted by an openly gay woman who announced earlier this week her intentions to marry her long-time girlfriend?

Well, then you'd be John McCain, and you'd clearly be brave, but perhaps not all that intelligent, for telling Ellen DeGeneres you don't see her as an equal in front of about three and a half million potential voters who don't appear to have a problem with her sexuality.