Does IT matter when you vote?

You've probably seen the ancient YouTube video of presumptive Republican candidate John McCain punting the Mac v. PC question, calling himself a computer "illiterate" who relied on his wife for such questions. Democratic Party supporters jumped all over it as evidence that the 71-year-old McCain was out of touch with the modern world.

His supporters, rightly, argue that intimate knowledge of the innards of PCs or the Internet isn't a necessity in order to set policy. You don't need to be the best marksman in an army to lead it. Fair enough.

But McCain's indifference to technology is too obvious when you visit his Web site. If you go to the Issues area on the menu bar, you see the usual subjects of the economy, education health care, national security and many others, just as you do on the Barack Obama site. The big difference is that McCain has nothing to say on technology. It's not an issue for him.

It is for Obama's campaign, apparently, since you can find technology in his Web site's Issues menu bar. You may not agree with the assumed Democratic candidate's positions, but, if you believe technology matters in a broader sense to society, Obama spells out his views.

Nicholas Carr became infamous for penning his "Does IT Matter?" essay, wherein he argued it really didn't. Is McCain's indifference to technology merely more support for Carr's diminishment of IT in business and society?

Should a candidate's lack of personal interest or even political concerns about technology weigh in an IT professional's assessment of their qualifications to lead? Is it even important for them to care? Does IT matter when you vote?