Taxes, health care and energy dominated the presidential debate this week. As important as those domestic topics may be to our nation's future, voters must also remember the President's power over the Supreme Court.

We've already stressed the scariness of John McCain's conservative judicial vision - one he reiterated during Rick Warren's Saddleback Forum - but it's a point that deserves to be hammered. Paul M. Smith definitely agrees.

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John McCain released a new ad campaign today depicting the year 2013, four years into his potential, admittedly presumptuous presidency.

We have to tell you, the commercial plays a trailer for a utopian 24. The narrator sounds an awful lot like Dennis Haysbert, who played David Palmer, America's first black president. Smart move, McCain! But, unfortunately for you, we're not convinced.

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What will we do with John McCain?

It seems the Senator will say anything to woo conservatives, many of whom worry you're too - gasp! - liberal for the presidency. Today the Republican vowed to take on the dreaded "activist judge." You know, the ones who rule in favor of the flamers…

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