With rumors floating around about the potential that U.S. Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will pick a running mate who supports abortion rights, many on the right, like Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham and thes supporters of Mike Huckabee, are speaking up to make it clear to McCain that they would not tolerate such a choice.

However at least one of Washington state's delegates to the Republican National Convention, Catherine Brazil, who considers herself to be more than mildly conservative, does not put herself in that camp. Brazil, who is a state committeewoman from Spokane, believes that having someone who is ready to be president from day one is far more important than any one issue, and that economic and national security far outweigh issues like abortion that have no bearing on a president's main duties.

That belief in the executive approach, it should be noted, is similar to Washington's top GOP office seeker, Dino Rossi, whose own views on abortion rights are something he likes to keep separate from his campaign to become the governor of Washington.