Libertarian David Boaz of the Cato Institute noted Sunday on the Cato website (www.cato-at-liberty.org) that Christian rightists are finding it particularly hard to find a suitable presidential candidate right now. Among the Republicans, Giuilani is pro-choice, Romney is Mormon and McCain once called religious right leaders “agents of intolerance.”

Mr. Boaz said he would like to see a pollster ask conservative Christians two questions:

1. Would you support a presidential candidate who is divorced, has estranged relations with his children, never sees his grandchildren, rarely attends church, strongly opposes a law to ban gays from teaching school, and as governor signed the nation’s most liberal abortion law?

2. Would you support him if you knew his name was Ronald Reagan?

Bravo, David.

I would add only one comment. This is the same Ronald Reagan who is supposed to have admitted that prior to his marriage to Nancy, he woke up one fine morning in the Garden of Allah hotel with a woman he didn’t know.

Allegedly, Reagan described the incident as follows: “I woke up one morning and I couldn’t remember the name of the gal I was in bed with. I said, ‘Hey, I gotta get a grip here.’”