Good thing John Adams is safely dead. We could get him mixed up with a composer too--though not as good a composer as Sibelius, by a long shot. And in Adams' case the spelling is exactly the same.
Re: VP: Obama needs somebody to beef up the ticket's foreign policy and military credentials. Nunn is a far better choice.
I've read that there are even some women prepared to be resentful if any female other than Hillary is picked for VP. How's that for off-the-wall? That's a risk Obama can easily avoid--with Nunn and a host of others.