[EternalVigilance]

McCain takes the Gerald R. Ford, Ron Paul abortion position, claiming that states’ rights trump the unalienable right to life, and that this is somehow “federalism,” in direct opposition to the Ronald Reagan pro-life GOP plank.

Do you agree with him?

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John McCain

“Just as I believe that the issue of gay marriage
should be decided by the states, so do I believe that
we would be better off by having Roe v. Wade return
to the states.”

This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Nov. 19, 2006

[Norman Bates]

Do I agree with that? No, but it's the same position Scalia takes and frankly it is far, far preferable to leaving Roe intact. My hope is simply that we get five justices to overturn Roe. That's the first step. We'll likely never get five justices to issue a fiat ban on abortion. Kennedy for one certainly won't go that far, and Scalia is too federalist. That leaves us at the states level which is far preferable to having our hands perpetually tied by Roe.