Posted on 02/18/2008 6:26:34 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
"He is pro-life in his heart of hearts, in my opinion," said Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican and a pro-life movement leader, who said Mr. McCain's commitment stretches back across decades of votes in the House and Senate.
"When you contrast him with the alternative and you think about such things as Supreme Court appointments, McCain is a far better choice," said Barbara L. Lyons, executive director of Wisconsin Right to Life, an organization that took Mr. McCain all the way to the Supreme Court over his campaign-finance laws, and won.
"From my perspective, I see him as someone we can enthusiastically support, and I look forward to his getting elected," Mr. Jakubczyk (president of Arizona Right to Life) said, adding they have endorsed Mr. McCain every time he has run in Arizona.
"I have been on the campaign trail, I have been at meetings with him, I have been at organization and party gatherings, the issue with him is very clear that he's pro-life," (Jan Brewer, Arizona Secretary of State) said.
For Matt Salmon, a strong pro-life advocate and former congressman from Arizona, there's no doubt where Mr. McCain comes down.
"I have been with John McCain through thick and thin. This is a man I truly believe in, and I could not be as supportive as I am if I thought there was any ounce of equivocation," he said.
Mr. Salmon said that was solidified during his 1994 campaign for Congress when he was the only pro-life candidate in a crowded field of Republicans. "He endorsed me in that primary, and he told me the reason he did was because of my pro-life stance," Mr. Salmon said.
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Amen.
So do Pro Amnesty and Pro close Gitmo and give them lawyers groups.
Heart of hearts, supreme court appointments, I think I’m going to be sick. Is this what we have to look forward to in the months ahead?
Steven and Ginsberg may retire this term.
I am not expecting a Clarence Thomas appointmet from McCain.
If the best we get are a couple of young Sandra Day O’Connors, that is a LOT better than getting two young liberals.
I don't remember the exact particulars, but your Mr. Wonderful was kissing Ted Kennedy's or some other deocRAT's ass and did that.
Doesn’t matter. McQueeg can’t win and can switch parties after the election.
I do not agree with McCain on that, but for your information the original CFR law was to keep ALL “special interest groups” from doing that before an election.
It did not single out Right to Lifers.
WRTL? John really did some work.
BTW, Bill went off on some pro-lifers. Tell me if you smell set-up by their campaign or O’s.
http://lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=386372
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XfmJeIJpns
John McCain 2008 President who is on the side of the Unborn!
Yes, people sacrificing their principles to try to prop up a candidate not worthy of the sacrifice.
Yeah, Rep. Cris Smith has no principles.
/sarc
>>>If he’s so pro life, why did he PERSONALLY file a brief to keep a right to life group from showing the anti abortion stuff before an election?<<<
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“Senator McCain was not a party to the dispute between Wisconsin Right to Life and the Federal Election Commission. .... Kathryn’s law professor correspondent very helpfully pronounces that “Whether one approves of the campaign finance law or not, it affects pro-life and pro-choice groups in precisely the same way.”
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTQ0NDJjN2ZmNmYzZGFiNDIwOGFlYWMyODcxZjQxNTk=
And who is YOUR pro-life candidate?
NARAL gives McCain a voting record of ZERO to FOUR percent.
Right to Life gives him over 70 percent.
Where would we be if ALL of Congress voted as pro-life as John McCain?
Great , you write-in Hunter...and we’ll get Obama...I wonder what his NARAL rating is?
The unborn are not pleased by your decision.
What McCain HAS DONE for the pro-life movement has been to be a strong and solid pro-life vote for 30 years. (embryonic stem cell and CFR exceptions noted).
I wish all in Congress had a pro-life voting record as strong as McCain, don't you?
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