Last night I took my 74-year young mother out for dinner. The conversation meandered over several topics, but then she said "You know, if Hillary isn't our nominee I can't see myself voting for Obama, I'll vote for McCain."

I was a bit taken aback - my mother has, to the best of my knowledge, always voted Democrat. I just blurted out "Mom, I thought you raised me better than that!" She looked a bit puzzled, so my explained something along the lines of:

"Do you know how childish that sounds? You sound like the kid who, when he can't make all the rules, threatens to take is ball and go home. Not only that, but you're saying that if your candidate doesn't win the nomination, you'll vote for someone who promises to give us four more years of the same failed policies that Bush has given us. Where is the logic in that? You wouldn't cut off your nose to spite your face, so why would you vote for McCain? I'm an Edwards supporter and I'll vote for Obama. To do otherwise is insane."

Well, she took pause and then agreed that I was right. Mom's still pretty sharp.