If he does not go that way, if he does not go for a pro-choice candidate, if he goes for a pro-life candidate, then, in effect, he will have allowed the Rush Limbaughs of the world to veto what he otherwise might have wanted to do.
Gergen discusses the implications of McCain's potential running mate choices on his campaign.
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He is going to hand Joe Biden a country more divided than it needs to be by trying to de-legitimate an election that was clearly won by Joe Biden.
No, their problem is Anderson, he's got more support back in their districts in their states than they do and that gives him enormous -- it gives him enormous leverage against them.
Maintaining the status quo with regard to the filibuster is unacceptable for him.
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