Yesterday I said that Gore and Cheney had raised the bar for veep picks. Andy McCarthy made a good point in response: that Gore and Cheney were necessary to fill gaps in their running mates’ resumes. McCain doesn’t have that weakness and could revert to the weak-vice-president model. I think that might well be correct, if not for McCain’s age.

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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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