A level-headed editorial in today's Chicago Tribune by Dennis Byrne argues that by opposing the born-alive infant protection act (because it might in some distant and ambiguous way obstruct abortion), Barack Obama asserted that the right to an abortion trumps an infant's right to life, even after he is born:
... an unthinkable debate is raging as a part of the presidential campaign, centering on how Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama voted while he was an Illinois state senator on legislation designed to protect the lives and health of all newborns. The debate over Obama's voting record has grown so arcane that we've lost sight of why this question ever came up: Some infants that survive abortion are denied medical assistance. They are left to die.Read the rest here.
There's something going on in the Republican party that nobody appears to be noticing. George Bush has been in the White House for nearly 8 years. During most of those 8 years he also had a firm majority in the House, the Senate, AND the Supreme Court. So why is abortion still legal? We've been had, people. The tragic truth is that abortion is more valuable to the Republican party as an issue, and they will never do anything to end it. Time to wake up and smell the politicians folks. And they stink!