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The McCain Scrutiny...

The elites have granted us one wish out of three choices, or none of the above. This one is the least antagonistic of Terri's Legacy, and this is what he says:

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In the brief news conference, Baptist Press asked McCain in light of his position on the sanctity of human life and his position on "judges who ... legislate from the bench," to clarify comments he made last year about Congress' intervention in the Terri Schiavo case. He told MSNBC, "It's an American tragedy." Baptist Press asked McCain to define what he meant by that.

"It's very sad when you see a situation such as this, it's very sad, I think just by looking at the situation it was a terrible situation and one that probably the state should had handled in retrospect and it was a very sad, sad situation and moved all of us who are -- and the plight of this situation moved every American," McCain said.

Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama said during a debate Feb. 26 that he regrets his 2005 vote allowing Congress to get involved in the case involving Terri Schiavo, the severely disabled woman from Florida who died of starvation and dehydration after nutrition and hydration were discontinued.

Obama made the comments during a Democratic debate with Hillary Clinton. Both were asked if there were any words or votes they'd "like to take back." Clinton cited her vote authorizing the war in Iraq; Obama, his Schiavo vote.

During a debate last year, Republican John McCain called the matter a "very, very difficult issue" and seemed himself to have some regrets.

"All of us were deeply moved by the pictures and the depiction of this terrible, tragic case," McCain said. "In retrospect, we should have taken some more time, looked at it more carefully, and probably [we] reacted too hastily."...................

McCain visits Chick-fil-A offices

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The McCain Scrutiny meets the New Crist Minstrels...

This piece comes from an Asian news service.

Conventional wisdom also says that because he's a white man facing a black man or white woman (barring some extraordinary occurrence) at the top of the other ticket, McCain should have a female or minority (or both) on his ticket. Since McCain is a senator - and his wife runs the family business he married into - he should have a governor or someone with an administrative background. Since McCain is a moderate Republican, he should have a rock-solid conservative on the ticket. Since he represents a western state, McCain should tap an easterner, preferably from a swing state that the running mate could tip into McCain's corner.

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Crist almighty?

Virtually every Republican governor has gotten at least a glance as a McCain running mate. One of the favorites is Florida's Charlie Crist. He first came to national attention as state attorney general "Chain Gang Charlie", advocating reinstatement of putting inmates to work outdoors shackled together. Florida is a key state to win - ask Al Gore - Crist is enormously popular, 52 years young, and very tight with McCain. During his 2006 gubernatorial run, Crist asked President George W Bush to stay away while welcoming McCain.

But Crist may be a bit too much of a maverick for the Republican knucklewalkers McCain hopes to energize. As attorney general, Crist bucked the far-right fringe by respecting Teri Schiavo's right to die in that ugly case. And, like McCain, he's one of these family values guys who's been divorced (a year after marrying his one and only wife ... hmmm). As governor, he's tangled with insurance companies, so there goes the free market vote. Both of those crowds would prefer Florida's ex-governor Jeb Bush, but with the Democrats trying to portray McCain as George Bush's third term, there's no way the name Bush would go on his ticket.

McCain's supremely cynical VP option... By Muhammad Cohen

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