<p>Better to have Senator McCain - even being a USNA grad but just barely - than the alternative. Class rank may be counterintuitive though. Remember the last President we had who was a Naval Academy grad - he finished high in his class and brought us 21 percent inflation and continues to wreak havoc on the U.S. today in foreign affairs.</p>
<p>We can only hope that David Petraeus, who went to the right Academy, will run at some point in the future.</p>
<p>My alma mater - Dartmouth - ranks 127 in the Forbes ranking but 1st in the financial success of its graduates. Not sure what to make of that.</p>