" ... Giuliani has been excellent on a topic that is likely to be central to the 2008 campaign: socialized medicine. All of the Democratic candidates are proposing, and will campaign on, some form of nationalized health care—while Giuliani has come out in favor of a free-market proposal based on tax credits that will make it easier for individuals to purchase private health insurance.

"At the same time, Giuliani offers a break from the intrusion of religion into politics. It is not merely that Giuliani supports a woman's right to an abortion, and that he has refused to alter his convictions on this issue to fit the needs of his campaign. More broadly, Guiliani has asserted that his religious views are private and a matter to be left between him and the priests.

"In short, if you support a secular-right outlook, then Giuliani is clearly the top candidate."

Robert Tracinski—excerpted from his endorsement of Rudy today in TIA Daily