On the merits (and for whatever it’s worth), I remain as undecided as ever on which candidate the GOP should choose to adopt as its candidate (other than to note that it should not, under any circumstances short of the Rapture, be Governor Huckabee as either the Presidential or, I’d stress, Vice Presidential nominee, and no, it shouldn’t be Ron Paul either). That said, if you think that Senator Obama is going to be the Democrats’ nominee, this is going to be an election fought on ‘narrative’ (yes, I know that is a terrible, and hackneyed, phrase, but if you think that I’m wrong, look at the way that Obama responded to the Kennedy endorsement). Under those circumstances, for Republicans to opt for anyone other than John McCain will be to write off what little hope there is left for what is likely to be a very trying election year. Yes, there are plenty of policy positions that McCain has taken (notably on immigration, on taxes, on free speech, and on carbon voodoo) that are, to my mind, wrong-headed or much, much worse, so, no, this is not some sort of endorsement, unless, that is, you think that Obama will beat Mrs. Clinton, in which case it is. Politics is about choices, not perfection.