Media: "McCain Hugs Palin"

What's up with this?

McCain hugs Palin upon his arrival in Twin Cities

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — From the moment he stepped off his campaign plane, John McCain's arrival in the Twin Cities for the Republican National Convention was a family affair.

Greeting McCain on the tarmac at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport were his wife, Cindy, and other family members. Also on hand were family members of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who McCain chose last Friday to be his running mate.

Hugs and handshakes abounded, with two hugs between McCain and Palin's 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, and a handshake with her boyfriend, 18-year-old Levi Johnston. Palin and her husband, Todd, announced this week that Bristol is five months pregnant and that she will marry Johnston.

McCain also kissed Sarah Palin's 4-month-old son, Trig.

The politically paired families then boarded a campaign bus and headed into town.

One thing that was perhaps overlooked in the dynamics of picking a woman as VP (especially one much younger) was the inevitable media scrutiny of every celebratory hug. Or am I reading too much into this? Would this story have been different if McCain had picked a man? Should it be?