White House source: Obama only considers how many votes he'll gain in deciding on Pollard release

I have said many times that President Obama will pardon Jonathan Pollard when he believes that doing so will gain him a significant number of votes in the 2012 election. It has long been clear to me that Obama could not give a damn how ill Pollard is, and whether Pollard ought to be released on humanitarian grounds, regardless of the number and stature of former officials who call for Pollard's