I think the majority of the votes are not due to McCain but because the author is David Foster Wallace, who is fairly popular on HN. The article, albeit about M

I think the majority of the votes are not due to McCain but because the author is David Foster Wallace, who is fairly popular on HN. The article, albeit about McCain, is broad and at times focused on the realities people involved in political journalism, youth engagement in politics, why we try like certain candidates, etc... At least that's my opinion