>>>He will be the first Catholic VP I think...
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>>>Bearing in mind the "McKain is out" thread you started, perhaps this will create a dilemma for you. ;-)
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>>It sure does. However, pro-choice is not the concern:
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>>Rebman said he understood Biden to be personally opposed to abortion, but that he “doesn't want to impose” his views on others and often has voted with abortion rights supporters. He added that some of the other parish priests and the bishop of the diocese have spoken with him about his pro-choice votes, but that they have never refused him Communion, as some other dioceses have done.
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>>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/24/1288628.aspx
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>>Also, the odds of him actually holding the top position are much slimmer than McCain's VP...
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>>and this (more indepth):
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>>http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Joe_Biden_Abortion.htm
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>>Some of his positions are all over the place:
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>>http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/joe_biden.htm
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>I don't know that Biden's odds of holding the top position are really slimmer than McCain's VP. If you mean actuarially based the ages of McCain and Obama, I'm sure that's true. But I think there is a much higher than usual chance Obama will be assassinated if elected.

I don't think so. Afterall, Bush is still alive. There is always a possibility and there are always attempts which fail. Let's hope it's not a concern if either win. I was thinking of McCain's age...