Be a Mama’s Boy and Get Ahead

McCain is a mama's boy. His mother, the astonishing 96-year-old Roberta, said that was the secret in the video about him they played at the convention. His father seems to have dropped out of the picture a long time ago. Barack Obama is also a mama's boy. His mother was the strongest figure in his life, daddy walked away. His mother believed in him completely and utterly. She told her son that she gave him values, his father gave him his character. Well she gave him strength too. Men are weak. They need strong women. Observer editor Peter Kaplan used to say this was the big secret: All great men are mama's boys, MacArthur, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Carter, Reagan. Mamas, believe in your sons, you're all we've got!