Ping to #58. The Spector/Obamacare argument is a total fail.
So is the "I-took-one-for-the-team" and the "I-supported-My-President" by Mr. Pro-Life.
Whose "team" did Santorum take it for in 1996? Santorum supporters are doing what barack's supporters did in 2008, seeing him as a messiah, when he is just another politician... Santorum has commenced digging his hole...
(excerpt): "And as for the pro-abortion-rights presidential candidate Santorum endorsed, when Specter launched a long-shot bid for president in 1995, Santorum — his fellow Pennsylvanian — was one of his few high-profile endorsements.
For Specter, who later became a Democrat, his pro-abortion-rights position was a centerpiece of his campaign. Specter believed that anti-abortion activists were a “fringe” group hijacking the Republican party.
“There are clearly more Republicans who are pro-choice,” Specter told Newsday’s Susan Page. “Up until now, I am the only person willing to take on the fringe.” After Specter dropped out of the race, he led an ill-fated movement to change the anti-abortion provision in the Republican party platform.
Santorum was effectively returning a favor by endorsing Specter despite his aggressive pro-abortion-rights views. Specter had supported Santorum’s 1994 Senate campaign."
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/290880/santorum-endorsed-specters-presidential-bid-katrina-trink