Oh yeah, Bredesen. How could I forget? Today's Tennessean had a top of the fold article: Bredesen basically has permission from the feds to cut 323,000 people off their govt health insurance. And they are basically the most expensive patients (ie those who are the sickest and least likely to get private insurance). Bredesen refuses to even consider a cigarette tax to keep some of these patients on TennCare.
That would take Bredesen out of the "realistic" column for the Dems. I'm not trying to say that McCain is more liberal than Giuliani, just more realistic to see him nominated.