‘Let’s do it’: John McCain knew Palin VP pick was a huge gamble, new book says

Reporter says 2008 Republican nominee mimed rolling dice and said Fuck it' before picking hard-right Trump precursor

Deciding to pick the inexperienced and extreme Sarah Palin as his running mate - a choice many say facilitated the rise of Donald Trump, threatening US democracy itself - John McCain mimed rolling a pair of dice and said: Fuck it. Let's do it."

The pithy vignette is revealed in a new book, Insurgency: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted, by Jeremy W Peters, a New York Times reporter. It was reported by Axios.