It’s time for the distinguished members of the Republican Party to publicly put their country over their politics. (That’s you, Colin Powell, Henry Kissinger and James Baker III.) It’s time (Arlen Specter, Sandra Day O’Connor and Olympia Snowe) to say aloud what you no doubt whisper in privacy: that the selection of Sarah Palin as McCain’s vice-presidential nominee is a dangerous and unacceptable choice.

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