Separated at Birth?

I know, I know it's not really possible that John McCain, Republican Senator from Arizona and Presidential Candidate, and Saul Tigh, Colonel of the Colonial Fleet from Caprica and Executive Officer of the Battlestar Galactica, can really be separated from birth because they are from two different galaxies. But before you you totally blow me off here, consider these compelling similarities...

1) The uncanny physical resemblance; which I have provided the above pictures to exhibit. Although, while I will have to admit that it looks like Colonel Tigh did get the business end of the 'baldness stick' and Senator McCain did not, this may only indicate that they may not have shared the same birth mother. Which would destroy the premise of this post since they would have actually been 'born separately'. But then again, perhaps 'baldness' works differently in the Galaxy of the Twelve Colonies and is not connected to your maternal grandfather. Cursing apparently works differently (i.e. 'frak' vs. 'fuck'), so why not baldness? Who knows?

2) Both are former jet fighter pilots who served their respective countries/colonies in War. Interestingly, both McCain's A-4E Skyhawk, and Colonel Tigh's Colonial Viper, are attack air/space craft specifically designed to operate from air/space craft carriers.

3) Most intriguing, is the fact that both McCain and Tigh were at one time POW's. Senator McCain spent over five years captive in the infamous Hotel Hanoi, where he was regularly and savagely beaten. As a result, he is unable to raise his arms above his head. Colonel Tigh was an on again/off again prisoner of the dreaded Detention Facility on New Caprica where he was mercilessly tortured by his Cylon captors. As a result he is unable to see out of one side of his face.



4) Finally, both the hard-drinking, gruff, straight talking Colonel Tigh and the maverick, principled, straight talking John McCain are fictional characters.