"Senator McCain would not have to leave his party," Mr. Kerrey said. "He could remain a Republican, would be given some authority over selection of cabinet people. The only thing he would have to do is say, `I'm not going to appoint any judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade,' " the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, which Mr. McCain has said he opposes. ...
But the official said the plan was unrealistic, because Mr. McCain "won't do it." In an interview on Friday, Mr. McCain said, "I have totally ruled it out." ....
This kind of open speculation suggests that Democrats are so eager to regain the White House in November that they are willing to overlook members of their own party, and to accept a candidate who disagrees with one of the core tenets of their platform, the right to an abortion.
McCain has a supersized ego, but I just can't see him abandoning his abortion stance this time. It's interesting how the fact that McCain's said a dozen times that there's no way he would be Kerry's VP is being completely ignored by simpletons like Kerrey. It's like there saying, "I know the sky is blue, but I want it to be red and yellow polka dot, and so that's what I'm going to believe it is," evidence to the contrary notwithstanding. In other words, the usual Dem reluctance to accept reality.