In the last few days, John McCain has both assured pro-choicers that he will not have a veep litmus test (in the Steve Hayes interview) and assured pro-lifers that he will be a pro-life president (at Saddelback). That seems to put him in exactly the position a man who prides himself on being a “maverick” would want to be: poised to do whatever he wants with the vice-presidential slot.
He may view last night as the last bit of reassurance he needed to give those who oppose abortion before the Lieberman-news drop.
I have no idea. But this is what we do in the last days of suspense. And we do our best to influence.
A senator who opposed a ban on partial-birth abortion does not a pro-life ticket make.