There may be an even more compelling reason for John McCain to steer clear of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford than Sanford's recent slip as a surrogate.
Then-Rep. Sanford's votes against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act in 2000 could drive independent women and former Hillary Clinton supporters straight into Barack Obama's camp.
Sanford voted twice against the legislation aimed at protecting women from domestic violence, the first time as one of three dissenters on the bill and the second time as the lone vote against broader legislation intended to curb sex trafficking.
He voted against it because it authorized new spending, the New York Times reported at the time. Whatever the reason, only one side of the domestic violence debate is politically viable -- as the outcome of those House votes proved.
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