A reader:

Derb:
Premise 1:
Immigration and defense are the two most important issues in the
presidential contest.
Conclusion 1:
No Democrat is acceptable.
Conclusion 2:
McCain, Rudy, and Mitt are essentially indistinguishable when it
comes to defense, and fighting radical Islam — they all understand
the dangers and are willing to face up to them.
Rudy and McCain are both weak on immigration. Mitt must be your man.
The only way Mitt could not be your man is if the sum of the
importances of the lesser issues is greater than the single importance
of immigration.

I warmed some more to Mitt after reading the Boss’s piece in the last (Apr. 30) issue of National Review. Yeah, I could go for Mitt. If I could just get rid of my Tom Tancredo fixation.