In my humble opinion, I really believe that Barack Obama is being treated very kindly by both the mass media and the politicos. He has also been very good at acting like he is "above the fray" when it comes to the nasty political bickering. He deserves credit for that.

Danger here is that his popularity will collapse if he gets desperate and goes into full attack mode.

McCain, on the other hand, has a long history of bipartisan cooperation. He has "walked the walk" not just "talked the talk". He is, without doubt, the most visible member of Congress who is truely willing to work accross the isle.

BTW, abortion will be around for decades and decades to come. Reagan said at the beginning of his presidency that he was personally opposed to abortion but that nothing would change during his tenure and he simple avoided the subject for eight years. McCain will do the same. This is not a proper issue on which to decide who becomes president.