Fidelity

What a novel concept in this day and age...fidelity.

Fidelity in marriage. Fidelity between trusted business and trusting customer. Fidelity between voters and their elected officials.

And fidelity to the law. Again, what a concept. And one that more legislators, attorneys and judges should pay more attention to, as should all of us on Main Street USA.

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor said in her testimony on Capitol Hill that "fidelity to the law" is at the heart of her judicial philosophy. And she brought her family to the hearings, the first ever to do so. Maybe it was staged, maybe it was unnecessary, or maybe it was because she really wanted them there.

I may not always agree with Ms. Sotomayor's political views or legal judgements, but these two fundamental characteristics are admirable and I am not going to ignore that.

Family and Fidelity. Kudos to Sonia.