OBAMA MOVES AHEAD IN THE POLLS. Meanwhile, McCain serves up red meat to his conservative base by . . . well, no:

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law. The Supreme Court generally has exempted from the law‘s protection people with partial physical disabilities, as well as people with physical impairments that can be treated with medication or devices such as hearing aids.

A month ago, the House passed a bill to extend protections to people who take medicine to control epilepsy, diabetes or cancer, or use prosthetic limbs. McCain, a co-sponsor of the 1990 law, said he intends to support a similar bill in the Senate.

Obama supports the measure, too. So love it or hate it, there’s no reason to vote for McCain based on this stance.