It's not about abortion, it's about liberalism.
How in the world does the head of the Department of Homeland Security affect the abortion issue?
Why in the world would you want liberals in your cabinet when pleanty of able consevatives are available. Unless of course, you aren't conservative, which describes Bush very well.
God how I wish Pitchfork Pat had led the kooks and nuts permanently out of the GOP where they could perpetually get that 1% of the vote for being 100% pure on all issues.
Wouldn't have bothered me a bit. Pat is an imbecile.
In 1964, National Review profiled a "conservative" who was running for Congress in Texas. He is Bush 41. Bush 43 sits to the right of Bush 41 but conservatism has moved farther to the right over the years. Goldwater would be vilified like Rudy today for not passing all economic and social conservative tests.