McCain Urged Not To Use Religious Test For Veep Choice

Former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson wrote John McCain last Saturday asking him not to rule out vice-presidential picks on the basis of their religion. Monday's St. Paul Pioneer Press reported that Carlson seems particularly concerned about evangelical opposition to Mormon Mitt Romney. He wrote: "If a Mormon cannot be considered today for high office, who will be eliminated from the same consideration tomorrow? If a segment of a broad religion can impose its religious criteria on a presidential candidate and the Republican Party, then what other challenges to the Constitution can they make?"