This is not the way a tested hero behaves. … It's like we caught him getting a manicure or something.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "This is not the way a tested hero behaves. … It's like we caught him getting a manicure or something." in the context of "David Letterman, on seeing McCain on live feed being touched up by a makeup artist in preparation for an interview in New York City with Katie Couric after canceling his scheduled appearance at the same time on Letterman's show, allegedly to return to Washington because of the financial crisis; September 24, 2008; http://www.topix.com/world/puerto-rico/2008/09/david-letterman-roasts-john-mccain-for-skipping-out-on-late-show-n-y-daily-news-24-09-08?threadid=FR0PGR9P3S37RN7H http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/09/somebodys_putting_something_in.html http://washingtonindependent.com/7466/letterman-do-his-cronkite" to mean that wisdom is timeless.