It's hard to tell if the main motivation is political posturing or true public service, but two recent invitations should be accepted by rivals. We're referring to Idaho Congressional hopeful Walt Minnick's offer to incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Sali last week, and a very similar suggestion from presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain to Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday. In both cases, the invitations are for the opponents to travel among constituents on a tour of town hall meetings/Coeur d'Alene Press Editorial Board. More here.

IMHO roundup:
*Humans should trump welfare of animals/SR
*Court won't let U.S. Chamber of Commerce hide/Jim Fisher, Lewiston Tribune
*Welcome to 'fat class'/Marty Fortier
*Sali helps kill timber payments to rural Idaho counties/Jill Kuraitis, New West

Question: Do you care whether Barack Obama and Bill Sali accept the debate challenges from their opponents?

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