John McCain's ability to be up to the rigors of the job draws further scrutiny because he has been diagnosed with melanoma three times. Certainly anyone can suffer from cancer at any age, but again the statistics say the longer we live, the greater chance we have of dying from it.

Because of all that, the choice of a running mate would be more important for a McCain campaign than perhaps any nominee before. Rarely do voters base their decision on whether the vice president would be an acceptable leader, but this year that could be the case for a number of Americans -- enough to swing a close election

In last year's Supreme Court sleeper case, a woman named Lily Ledbetter lost her right to sue because she didn't go to court the first time her paycheck was docked because of sex discrimination, as opposed to when she later realized she was being shortchanged. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear a new employment discrimination case that could also shake up the law of the land and leave the court's liberal dissenters apoplectic. This one may not only prune back employees' rights under the particular statute at issue, but also help the Supreme Court's conservatives rein in discrimination suits more generally.