Fred Thompson: An old fashioned Republican?

Conservatives really want to love former senator Fred Thompson as a viable alternative to the less than ideal GOP presidential contenders Rudy Giuliani (the philandering pro-choice choice), John McCain (the no-longer-straight-talking pro-war candidate), and Mitt "I shot a squirrel once" Romney (the Mormon-good-hair candidate). But they're apparently hung up on his refusal to drink the Kool-Aid on tort reform. His main offense? Having refused to support caps on fees for the lawyers who successfully sued the tobacco industry in the mid-1990s. The National Review airs the gripes here...