You're definitely right about his tone being condescending - and wtf at "her husband's a pretty tough guy too"! I didn't think about the "I'm proud of her" during the debate. I think I was too overcome by the surreal juxtaposition of McCain praising Palin then calling Biden "wrong" on foreign policy with Obama praising Biden and trying to be polite since Palin is too easy a target for him to criticize.

Also, I was too busy googling to see if Palin has a secret autistic child stashed away somewhere. McCain sure seems to think she does!