Coincidence?

Is it a coincidence that the McCain campaign made this statement on Tuesday, when many Democrat and independent voters were paying attention to the Democratic contest in Indiana and North Carolina?

• McCain says he would appoint conservatives to Supreme Court

McCain holds up Bush appointees Alito and Roberts as model justices. McCain is taking a page from the Bush play book. First, talk in terms that your base can understand you but doesn't freak out the mainstream. Second, talk to your base when the rest of the country is paying attention to something else.

Anna Quindlen's current Newsweek column happens to assert the most important single decision a president can make is a Supreme Court pick.

Who do you want picking the next members of the Supreme Court?