Heh. The funny part about all of Chris's little editorializings in the titles is that he probably drives the casual reader, who might be undecided about Rudy, away...simply because they think the thread is about the President...or gardening...or Chris' love of composting.

But, in any event...

Attorneys have an ethical obligation to represent the interests of, and advocate on behalf of, their clients. If we accept MEM's premise we might as well assume that a public defender favors murder simply because he does his job and defends a murderer.

It also opens him to charges of hypocrisy, since every one of the three main Democratic candidates (clinton, obama and edwards) is also an attorney or former attorney.