Though stunned like everyone else, evangelicals are praising Sen. John McCain’s pick for vice presidential nominee as a woman who agrees with their anti-abortion views. Introducing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at an Ohio rally Friday (Aug. 29), McCain called her “someone with strong principles, a fighting spirit and deep compassion.” Palin, a conservative Christian, has been held up as a model for her decision to give birth to her fifth child in April, when she knew he had Down syndrome.”I think that’s a plus in her favor with conservatives,” said the Rev. Don Argue, former president of the National Association of Evangelicals and chancellor of Northwest University in Seattle.