In a New York Review of Books essay on John McCain, Michael Tomasky points out something I missed -- McCain is backing off his previous support for changing the GOP platform to allow legalized abortion in the case of rape, incest, or risk to the mother's life. As Tomasky writes, "This is as extreme a position on abortion as exists in American electoral politics." Platform issues may be obscure, but this could give Barack Obama a bludgeon to use when criticizing McCain's potential Supreme Court appointments. Look for the issue to come up again in the next few months.
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June 04, 2008
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