On the “abortion agreement”, which Democrats have crafted, the Washington Post writes:
“Under the agreement, anti-abortion Democrats will be permitted to offer an amendment on the House floor to the health-care overhaul bill. The amendment would prohibit a new government-run insurance plan created by the health-care bill from offering to cover abortion services, congressional sources said. It also would block people who received federal subsidies for the purchase of health insurance from buying policies that offered coverage for abortions. “
If the amendment does as WaPo claims, could it pass? I don’t think it will. When does not pass, remember that you will have RATs who claim they are “pro-life” who will tell voters they “supported” the “pro-life” amendment before they voted to give federal dollars for abortion.
Those RATs, who vote for federal funding for abortion after they vote against it, are lying to you if they say they are “pro-life”. They vote to force Americans to pay for abortions. I think of a sign at Michele Bachmann’s “House Call” this week.
“Abortion is not health care!”
I don’t understand the point of voting on this amendment, which I think would have to be pulled out of the final bill to get liberal votes. It won’t fly politically next year to say they voted against abortion funding before they voted for it. It’s really hard to follow all these political manipulations in Washington. If the bill loses, that’s great, and if it passes then we have to wrap if around the democrats’ necks in the 2010 campaign and use it to help us recapture the House.