Behind McCain's Pro-Choice Veep Bluff -- Political Wire

Behind McCain's Pro-Choice Veep Bluff

John Heilemann thinks he knows why Sen. John McCain's campaign floated the idea he might choose a pro-choice running mate.

"Well, what if McCain were planning to name a running mate who, despite being pro-life, the religious right has some qualms about? What if that putative V.P., indeed, had lately been criticized by another erstwhile GOP presidential runner -- a Baptist minister, no less -- for his shifting stances on social issues, stirring up a rearguard action among some Christianists to block him? Isn't it possible that McCain and his people are engaged in a bit of elaborate gamesmanship designed to make Evangelicals more grateful than they otherwise might be for the selection of that guy?"

"The heart doth sink and the mind doth reel, but I do believe what we are looking at here is the start of the Romney Rollout."

Mark Halperin essentially says the same thing.

August 20, 2008

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