Legal Vet v. Political Vet

The McCain campaign makes A.B. Culvahouse available to the AP's Liz Sidoti to detail the campaign's vetting of Gov. Sarah Palin. All well and good.

The question isn't whether Palin was subjected to and passed a legal vet -- she did, apparently -- it's whether anyone with political judgment supervised the vet or whether anyone with an opposition research background performed an open source political vet from the point of view of an opponent.

Did the 40 page memo sent about Palin include details about her change of position on the "bridge to nowhere?" Her membership in the AIP? Her sales tax hike in Wasilla? Her earmarks requests? 

To the extent that the campaign is going to have a problem with Palin, it won't be -- or, it won't principally be -- because of Bristol Palin. It'll be because of politics and political questions.