Well - The McCain Campaign is certainly cynical enough to try such a strategy. And - despite Repub talking points to the contrary - given that Palin hasn't as yet invoked her duties as Comander-In-Chief of the Alaskan National Guard - they could argue that this serves to increase her experience - and this in addition to all the other PR potential of such a move.
Is the press silly enough to spin this in McCain-Palin's favour? Of course? Is the public at large able to see throught this spin? Yes. . . and no. We have become a nation of headline consumers - never asked to think critically on any topic. McCain-Palin knows this. And this is why they falsly charaterize Obama as calling Palin a Pig - and falsely suggest that he favours explicit sex ed for kindergartners. Because they know that the headline is all they need. And this is exactly why a tactic as cynical as this one is a real possibility. And if isn't this - it will be something just as bad.