It wasn't that important, but I did indeed notice her dress and decided it was ugly. Made her look like a Red-Back spider, to this Australian.
Sarah Palin's peacock blue form-fitting suit was beautiful. McCain's wife's gold suit was very classical in a 60's way, harping back to Jacki-Kennedy/Queen Elizabeth II, and was kinda nice in itself, but I thought it was a bit of a shapeless sack and an odd choice when she totally has the figure to carry off a more hour-glass form-fitting style.
All those family members coming out together all looked great together, but the bullet-proof glass covering just a small portion of the stage made me feel kinda anxious. Why have it at all if it protected so little? Was it a sight-line issue?