PARTING SHOTS: GOP rolls out ‘Pledge to America,’ Obama to resume touting health care law

Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade the full-on blog treatment today:

• The GOP will release its platform tomorrow called "Pledge to America," highlighting tax cuts, a freeze on most government hires, and domestic spending caps, while playing down social issues such as abortion and gay rights. (Politico)

• A Florida appeals court struck down a state law banning gay and lesbian couples from adopting. (CNN)

• Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain accused Dept. of Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano of flip-flopping on border security — prompting her to defend her record. (Fox News)

• Georgia GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss has admitted that an anti-gay slur posted in the comments section of a blog dedicated to gay issues originated from a computer in his office, saying that his staff is still trying to establish the user's identity. (The Washington Post)

• Obama says he hasn't sold the health-care law to the American people, and will start a campaign to better explain its benefits. (AP/Yahoo! News)

• More than half of the 80 pilot whales mysteriously stranded on a New Zealand beach have died. (AP/Yahoo! News)