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To everybody who wants media to concentrate solely on the Presidential candidates: good advice re conventional wisdom a la Frank Rich: "America always votes the top of the ticket." We're having an unusual year folks. The actuarial reality means only boneheads vote for McCain without considering the bottom of the ticket. Dems and GOP inside Beltway are exquisitely aware of this. Think about how different things would be if he'd picked Ridge or Bloomberg . . . . .