. . . However, since much of Senator McCain's letter consists of statements regarding his pro-life record, we must briefly address that matter. Senator McCain does not have, as he asserted on the Senate floor on February 25, a "hundred percent pro-life voting record." He has consistently voted for federal funding of research involving transplantation of tissues or organs "harvested" from aborted babies, a policy opposed by NRLC and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, among others. In addition, in 1995, despite opposition by NRLC and the NCCB, Senator McCain voted for an unsuccessful proposal (referred to by NRLC and other opponents as the "teen mother's child exclusion") intended to discourage any state from using federal welfare funds to provide cash assistance for the care of babies born to unwed teen mothers. (1995 Senate roll call no. 419) John McCain has been a member of Congress since 1983. We have found no record, during this 15-year period, of any pro-life McCain amendment to any bill, nor of Mr. McCain stepping forward as an initiator or leader on any pro-life issue. We mention this only because various passages of Senator McCain's letter -- "I . . . yield to no member of Congress . . . in my support of legislation to protect the rights of the unborn," "our greatest concern [should be] the sanctity of human life," "ardent supporter of unborn children's right to life," etc., might have led you to believe otherwise. Having noted these necessary qualifications, Senator McCain's overall congressional voting record is that of an opponent to abortion, and we have never implied otherwise.
Senator McCain’s overall congressional voting record is that of an opponent to abortion, and we have never implied otherwise.
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and the Catholics have never said the same of Romney...