In the latest issue of NR, I argue that McCain’s pro-life position could help him quite a bit in this election if he makes an issue of it.

The geography of this year’s race makes Obama’s position on abortion an even bigger liability. The swing states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Missouri are all more pro-life than the nation as a whole, according to SurveyUSA.
Recent electoral history also counsels McCain to elevate the abortion issue. . . .
McCain has two other reasons to raise the abortion issue, both related to the way Obama is campaigning. Obama is trying to woo evangelical voters more than any Democrat since Jimmy Carter. The more Obama becomes associated with pro-abortion extremism, the less success that strategy will have. Obama is also portraying himself as a man who will transcend our old divisions. But on the most divisive issue of all, Obama is more partisan than peacemaker.

The article was published before Obama’s pay-grade remark and his labeling of pro-lifers as liars for telling the truth about his record. Those developments reinforce my case.