Posted by
C-Hayes on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:34:16 PM
To the LEFT of NARAL?
“'We have a smoking gun committee report,' said National Right to Life Committee Legislative Counsel Susan Muskett.
"Muskett’s 'smoking gun' is a 2003 Health and Human Services Committee report recorded by Republican committee staff. It documents a unanimous 10-0 vote by the 2003 Illinois Senate Health and Human Services Committee, which Obama chaired at the time, to amend BAIPA to include the exact same language that was added to the federal version to protect Roe v. Wade. The committee report also shows a subsequent 'final action' vote to determine if the bill should advance out of committee or be killed. The bill was defeated 6-4. Chairman Obama voted in the majority.
"This means that, in essence, Obama voted to successfully amend the bill in a way that Obama has said would have enabled him to support it—before he voted against it. It also puts Obama further to the left of NARAL Pro-Choice America. According to a statement released by the abortion-rights lobby in the run-up to the U.S. Senate’s BAIPA vote in 2002, 'NARAL does not oppose passage of the Born Alive Infants Protection Act … floor debate served to clarify the bill’s intent and assure us that it is not targeted at Roe v. Wade or a woman’s right to choose.'
"For those who may doubt partisan records, the Republican committee report is backed by an Associated Press article that documented the 6-4 vote on the amended version of the bill."
Amanda Carpenter has it all
here.
Let's hear Palin talk about THIS on her trips to swing states Pennsylvania and New Hampshire - this can't be construed as racist, can it?