John, I second your Oz thesis. I had a meeting in Canberra last year with Kevin Rudd, who was at great pains to impress upon me that Australia had a pro-American left. I was skeptical, if only because it’s not always entirely clear America has a pro-American left, and Europe doesn’t even have a pro-American right.

I’d prefer a Howard victory, but it is in the nature of parliamentary systems that the greatest generals go a bridge too far. Still, he’s a great man, and the electors should stick with him.

PS re Mark and Kathryn’s posts on environmentally friendly abortion: I think I’ll be discussing those with Neil Cavuto on Fox this afternoon, either on Fox Business or Fox News or possibly both.