Rabbi-Sol,

I don't think Jonathan Pollard is an issue for too many people in the Jewish community. He's more of an embarrassment than anything else. Not even the Israeli governmnet has lobbied on his behalf.

If we presume Obama will be the Democratic candidadte, that McCain will be the Republican candidate and that they both will do the same thing about Pollard (i.e. nithing), then there is probably not one voter in the entire country who will decide how to cast his/her ballot based on the Pollard (non)issue.