JPod mentions the possibility of a Rudy entente with social conservatives in his post. There’s a model out there that the Giuliani people should be examining very closely—that of Paul Coverdell. Here’s how we put it in the editorial:

In other cases, pro-lifers have reached a modus vivendi with politicians who continue to disagree with them. The late Sen. Paul Coverdell, for example, supported legal abortion. But once he won his primary, pro-lifers supported him since he promised to vote to ban partial-birth abortion, oppose public funding of abortion, and support conservative nominees to the judiciary. He lived up to those promises. He stayed theoretically pro-choice, but was operationally pro-life.

On the other hand, we go on to say, “The bar for Giuliani will be higher, since he is running for president — and so far he has done less.”