Well... I am absolutely pro-life. It is a real problem for me to vote for someone that is not pro-life. But I am OK with converts. I am also aware that the impact of the President of the United States to actually stop abortions is limited, imperfect, incomplete and frustrating at best. I doubt very much McCain could do to stop abortions even if he made it illegal and I don’t see how he could do that.
Let me repeat, I am pro-life personally and politically. But I do not for one second think that you are Conservative just because you are pro-life. It takes a lot more than that. A lot.
I disagree with your first assumption. McCain is pro-life but no Conservative. Every problem seems to have a government solution to him. Today he was blasting lenders for the mortgage mess. Sorry, but nobody held a gun to the head of the borrowers. McCain is pro-life but no Conservative do you agree? Does it matter are you one-issue only voter?
I never asserted or implied a belief that John McCain is a conservative. My point is that the FIRST measure of leadership is, and should always be, how a person views the sanctity of human life. I did not state, nor do I think that being pro-life excuses other defects in judgment or character. Being pro-life is the BEGINNING of wisdom, not the end-all of it.
Moreover there is much a president has at his disposal to uphold the sanctity of human life.
A president’s appointments to political positions, such as AG, SOS, and ambassadorships; and a president’s judicial nominations to the Federal Circuit and Appellate courts, as well as to the USSC, have a tremendous impact on our cultural values.
The president may use his veto power to block bills that provide funding of anti-life measures.
The president has the power of the bully pulpit, and should use it to the maximum advantage.
So, it is incorrect to assert that the POTUS is powerless to effect change in this arena. A president is most certainly invested with a great deal of power and influence... The office holder needs only to recognize and be willing to use the tools at their disposal.