McCain may want to improve his appeal among women voters, but he skipped right past more qualified Republican women -- women he actually knows -- such as Kay Bailey Hutchison, Elizabeth Dole, and Olympia Snowe, all of whom would have brought genuine credibility to a ticket.
Perhaps it's for the same reasons that FOX News has so many blonde fashion models as news "anchors" when there are literally thousands of more talented female broadcasters desperate for a cable news gig.
There's that and, if Palin had it her way, it would be illegal for rape victims to have a morning-after abortion.