Then, as the debate was winding down, Tapper asked, “Earlier this year, the Treasury Department announced that a woman will appear on the $10 bill. What woman would you like to see on the $10 bill?” Fiorina, the only woman on stage, responded by rejecting the premise of the need to change the $10 bill:

I wouldn’t change the $10 bill, or the $20 bill. I think, honesly, it’s a gesture. I don’t think it helps to change our history. What I wouold think is that we ought to recognize that women are not a special interest group. Women are the majority of this nation. We are half the potential of this nation, and this nation will be better off when every woman has the opportunity to live the life she chooses.

Fiorina gets it. Women aren’t a small, monolithic voting block to be pandered to. Women are a majority of voters. We need a dynamic economy that allows women to build fulfilling lives. That is what is important — not a political campaign to put the face of a woman on our $10 bill. Fiorina showed that she will resist the temptation to pander to women and instead focus on giving women the opportunity to pursue their dreams.