Being Computer Savy Important to being the President?

There is an article in the New York Times about McCain's self admitted lack of computer savvy and if that matters in his ability to potentially be president.

It got me thinking, does it really? I'm kind of torn to be honest, and I'm very much not a McCain supporter. The fact that someone using the net is more 'in touch' with how people live today, which I agree with, but I also don't want my president surfing the net while at work. I mean, and I freely admit that my understanding of how the White House works is solely from Aaron Sorkin, but the president is given information, he doesn't go looking for it. I have a HUGE issue with Bush who doesn't read the papers or watch the news, and relies solely on what his people give him, but I also don't expect him to be spending hours a day reading blogs.

There is also the factor that digital information isn't as secure as a folder that is kept in someone's possession, so a lot of what the president sees probably shouldn't be digitized.

All that being said, the Bush administration has shown (giving them the benefit of the doubt, which I am hesitant to do) completely incompetence when it comes to digital communication and back ups. For the record I don't believe that the IT guy for the White House was that incompetent, but it's not worth stressing over. Also McCain has shown a great ignorance about the 'You Tube Generation' where things he said are all available to everyone and will come back to haunt him. He can't say 'I never said that' when it takes a few clicks to show everyone that he did. This is relatively new for politicians and I think it will take some getting used to, but also only benefits the public, well the public that are on the net.

I see computers and the internet as tools, important tools, and as time goes on I would absolutely expect all of my public officials to be familiar with these tools. However I don't think McCain's ignorance about the capabilities of the internet automatically disqualifies him for the job of President. However the next President will have no excuse.