Obama and McCain: Same Difference?

I found these two interestingly opposing headlines in the news today:

NYTimes: Two Hopefuls Share Little but Youth Appeal

Slate: The Surprising Similarities of McCain and Obama

I think I tend to agree with the NYTimes one more, as beyond the fact that they both are somewhat "anti-Washington" candidates, appeal to independents and young people, and have written popular books with the word "Father" in the title, they would operate pretty differently as president.

As an aside, there is a picture of some Dartmouth students looking through the windows at Alumni hall at a McCain event as part of the overflow crowd - that was me 4 years ago at a Dean speech. How time flies...