The task of the Commission, as noted in the Olympic Charter, is to examine each candidature for membership of the IOC and to establish a report on each candidature to the IOC Executive Board.
But the former Bush Administration official was dropped as a candidate in January after voicing opposition to preemptive military action on the regime.
The far-right Italian party Brothers of Italy has suspended one of its candidates for praising Adolf Hitler on social media days before a general election in which he's predicted to come top.
Mr. Bush defeated Mr. McCain for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 after an acrid campaign, and the two clashed regularly over the next eight years, perhaps most notably over the issue of torture.
The White House ceremony comes two years to the day since Biden first made the pledge to nominate a black woman on the court, as he sought to revive his candidacy before the South Carolina primary.
This will certainly go some way to promoting women; but with more than 100 parties competing in the elections, most will win only one seat which will go to the (usually male) candidate heading the list.