In the book, McCain refers to Palin as “the Time Bomb,” and calls her selection the very definition of the “line between genius and insanity.”…

“Katie Couric’s interview with her before the vice presidential debate had been disastrous. Unhappy with her performance, Palin seemed to blame the interview on the campaign. And she continued to blame other poor interviews and snafus on the campaign too,” McCain writes. “Sarah Palin. She was turning out to be somebody who leaves a wake of confusion and chaos — to the point of dizziness — wherever she went.”…

McCain also addresses in the book the incident in which she became the first child of a presidential candidate to be dismissed from a campaign.

“I feel like I should clarify. I wasn’t fired,” she said. “I was asked to leave and not come back, or go on my own bus tour. So I elected to go on my own bus tour in Ohio.”