Understanding your objections, Rick, which are, as is typical of all your thought, both grounded in American history and elegantly stated, I nevertheless have a question: Who the heck should McCain have picked? The man is a working politician. No fair asking him to clasp his copy of de Toqueville to his breast as he goes down to defeat.

P.S. If my inbox is any indication, don’t look up. The harpies are already circling.