U.S. Secret Service on Way to Biden's House 22 Aug 2008 The United States Secret Service has dispatched a protective detail to assume the immediate protection of Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., a source tells ABC News, indicating in all likelihood that Biden has been officially notified that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, has selected him to be his running mate.

Sources also tell ABC News that Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and Virginia Gov Tim Kaine have been told they have not been selected for the vice presidential slot.

It was obviously a political choice, in response to McCain's ongoing attacks against Obama's lack of experience in foreign policy issues ~ as witness this comment in today's Huffington Post ~ " Though most voters still rank the economy as their number one worry, and that supposedly works to Obama's favor. Obama's number one worry, though, is still being outflanked by McCain on the issue of national security and foreign policy concerns. Biden's long years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee put him at the center of action and even decision making on key foreign policy matters. His centrist stance on the war, plus his age, he's 65, and elder statesman image made him the made-in-heaven choice to foil McCain's set foreign policy and national security greenhorn hit point against Obama ."