Stuck In The Middle.

Middle  names.

Distracting, no?

From "Think Babies Names":

John "Sidney" McCain:

The boy's and girl's name Sidneys(i)-dney, sid-ney is pronounced SID-nee. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "wide meadow". Also possibly from the Norman French place name Saint Denis. Used as given name in the 18th century and popular in the 19th. Sidney is favored for boys; Sydney is almost entirely used for girls. See also Cydney. Author Sidney Sheldon; filmdirector Sydney Pollack; actor Sidney Poiter.

Sidney has 3 variant forms: Sid, Syd and Sydney.

Baby names that sound like Sidney are Stoney, Sidonio and Stone.

"Wide meadow?" AKA: full of shit.

"Stoney?"

Drug reference?

Ask Cindy.

Sarah "Louise" Heath Palin:

The girl's name Louise lo(ui)-se is pronounced loo-EEZ. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "renowned fighter". Feminine form of Louis; French  version of Ludwig. Louisa was more common in the 18th and 19th centuries. Saint Louise (16th century) was co-founder with Saint Vincent de Paul of the nursing order Daughters of Charity. Author Louisa May Alcott; actressesLouise Brooks, Louise Lasser.

Louise has 37 variant forms: Aloisa,Aloise, Aloysia, Eloisa, Eloise, Heloisa,Heloise, Lluisa, Lois, Loise, Lola, Lolita,Lou, Louella, Louisa, Louisetta, Louisette,Louisina, Louisiana, Louisiane, Louisine,Louiza, Lovisa, Lowise, Loyise, Lu,Ludovica, Ludovika, Ludwiga, Luella,Luisa, Luise, Lujza, Lujzika, Lula, Lulita and Lulu.

"Renowned fighter?" 

Or, "shit, we'd better answer those Alaskan subpoenas?" 

Barack "Hussein" Obama:

The boy's name Hussein hu(s)-sein is pronounced hoo-SAYN. It is of Arabic origin, and its meaning is "good; small handsome one". The name of a prominent person in Shiite Islam and a royal name in Jordan.

Hussein has 4 variant forms: Husain,Husayn, Husein and Hussain.

Baby names that sound like Hussein are Hassain and Hassan.

No mention of "terrorist" in that description, huh, Sean?

So, what's in a name?

To most, probably no hidden meanings.

Except for those who use names as pejorative calls to action. 

John "Sidney" McCain and Sarah "Louise" Heath Palin?

"Hussein" is their Last Chance Texaco.

Two mavericks out of gas in the middle of an America looking everywhere for its abandoned, missing middle class.