From the story: Pro-lifers are the first part of the conservative base to rally around Sen. John McCain, overcoming past fights to embrace him as strong on their core issue and a clear choice over the two Democrats he could face.
Though the Arizona senator and all-but-certain Republican presidential nominee doesn't detail his voting record on the campaign trail, an examination reveals a striking opposition to abortion in most of the major fights such as partial-birth abortion down to the smallest of skirmishes, even when he was in a distinct minority.
Even outspoken critic Rick Santorum, who over the past month had savaged Mr. McCain's commitment to the issue, has gone quiet. When asked for an interview with The Washington Times, his spokeswoman said the former senator didn't have anything to add to the debate at this point. Read more…
While McCain was not my first choice (or second choice for that matter), his pro-life record is acceptable, given the alternatives.
Beyond this, it gets muddy when you have office holders, ranging from Republican State Committee members through U.S. Senators, claiming to be pro-life, but using their position to stump for pro-choice candidates over pro-life candidates in contested primaries. Do these same officials have the right to claim the pro-life mantle and receive endorsements from pro-life groups?
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McCain's support of "scientific" experimentation
on and destruction of human embryos for those
with a poor "quality of life," is a huge disqualification.
Added to the chilling revelation that he took big $$
from George Soros who brought the euthanasia
movement to America (PDIA,) and you see a
candidate pro-lifers are not flocking to.
His statement from an Esquire article about Terri is heartless: "I understand the frustrations a lot of Republicans feel. We're not representing their hopes and dreams and aspirations. We worry about Ms. Schiavo before we worry about balancing the budget."
http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0806MCCAIN_94
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