McCain defends Palin selection process

Reuters is reporting that McCain today came to his new running mate's defense. Here is Reuters.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain defended picking Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Tuesday as his vice presidential running mate after she admitted that her teenage, unmarried daughter is pregnant.

Palin's disclosure, in addition to the news that she has a private lawyer in an ethics probe in Alaska, led some to raise questions about McCain's judgment and how thoroughly her background was examined in picking the relatively unknown Palin last week as his No. 2.