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Hullabaloo — Culture 'O Life by digby Fanatics ABC News' Teddy Davis and Rigel Anderson Report: John McCain's campaign signaled on Wednesday that the Arizona senator is backing away from his previously stated goal of changing the GOP’s platform on abortion. "There's a process in place for the delegates to work on the platform and we are going to let that process work itself out," McCain spokesman Brian Rogers told ABC News. McCain’s plan to take a hands-off approach with the abortion platform stands in stark contrast with the ...
McCain flip flops on GOP abortion plank in platform
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... John McCain is apparently getting too soft and squishy on womb control (yawn, yeah, right) and the fundies and pro-choicers in the party are erupting. ...
ThinkFast: August 21, 2008
Think Progress —
... pledges to change the GOP abortion platform to grant exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother . “There’s a process in place for the delegates to work on the platform and we are going to let that process work itself out ,” said a McCain spokesman. On the trail today: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has ...
Being a Maverick Means Never Keeping Your Promises
Balloon Juice —
Just another Republican:
ABC News’ Teddy Davis and Rigel Anderson Report: John McCain’s campaign signaled on Wednesday that the Arizona senator is backing away from his previously stated goal of changing the GOP’s platform on abortion.
“There’s a process in place for the delegates to work on the platform and we are going to let that process work itself out,” McCain spokesman Brian Rogers told ABC News.
McCain’s plan to take a hands-off approach with the ...
ABC: McCain Backing Away from Abortion Pledge
Little Green Footballs —
... ABC News says John McCain is backing away from a pledge to moderate the GOP’s platform position on abortion, as extreme social conservatives rattle their sabres. ...
Bush Moves To Remove Iraq From The Campaign By... Adopting Obama's Position-- McCain Too Busy Counting His Homes To Realize
DownWithTyranny! —
... and one on abortion. The abortion flip flop is actually serious because he has been trying to reassure women that although he opposes Roe v Wade, and will appoint judges to overturn it, he favors the right of abortion for rape, incest and to protect the life of mothers. He's had to promise his religionist fanatic supporters that he would back away from that-- and he has. ...
Rape, Incest, Risk To A Mother's Life
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... McCain decides to leave the absolute ban on all abortion for any reason in the Republican platform. McCain supported changing the language in 2000 and reiterated this as late as 2007. ...
Inconsistency McCain's only consistency
Daily Kos —
... the platform. It has no exceptions... In 2007: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told ABC News Saturday that he still wants to change the GOP's abortion platform to explicitly recognize exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. McCain reaffirmed his difference with party doctrine on permissible abortion exceptions after speaking to the Iowa Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner in Des Moines. And today: But now that he is the presumptive Republican nominee, the McCain ...
FMB - Friday McBush Bashing
Discourse.net —
... ABC News, McCain Backs Away from Abortion Pledge — moderate maverick now says no abortions allowed ever, even in cases or rape or incest. (Which is, I suppose, a more logically consistent view if one believes life begins at conception. But it’s not the public’s view. And rather hard on the victims.) ...
Flip-Flopping on Abortion
Matthew Yglesias —
... But now his campaign says they won’t try to change the platform after all. Instead, the plan is to just try to avoid accepting any responsibility for his repeated cave-ins to conservative dogma. ...
McCain's Abortion Flip-Flop
TPMMuckraker —
... as April 2007, he was singing the same tune, telling reporters in Iowa that he stood by his 2000 position .
But The Wall Street Journal reports today that the McCain camp now says he has no plans to try to change the platform. A campaign spokeswoman told the paper: "The delegates are going through the process and we are going to let them work their will on the platform." In other words, McCain is taking a hands-off approach.
As ABCNews.com notes, McCain's shift comes after a graphic warning from Tony Perkins of the Family ...
McCain Flip-Flops On Women's Lives
Obsidian Wings —
... by hilzoy
From ABC News:
"ABC News' Teddy Davis and Rigel Anderson Report: John McCain's campaign signaled on Wednesday that the Arizona senator is backing away from his previously stated goal of changing the GOP’s platform on abortion. (...)
McCain’s plan to take a hands-off approach with the abortion platform stands in stark contrast with the position he took during his first presidential run.
Back in 2000, McCain clashed with then-Gov. George W. Bush over his unwillingness to change platform language that called for a human ...
McCain Flip-Flops On Women's Lives
Political Animal —
From ABC News : "ABC News' Teddy Davis and Rigel Anderson Report: John McCain's campaign signaled on Wednesday that the Arizona senator is backing away from his previously stated goal of changing the GOPâs platform on abortion. (...) McCainâs plan to take a hands-off approach with the abortion platform stands in stark contrast with the position he took during his first presidential run. Back in 2000, McCain clashed with then-Gov. George W. Bush over his unwillingness to change platform language that called for a human life amendment banning all abortions. McCain implored ...
John McCain’s Evolution on Abortion
Crooks and Liars —
... Back in 2000, during a debate with George W. Bush, Senator John McCain chastised the future President for embracing a Republican platform on abortion that didn’t include exemptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother. Eight years later, and now the GOP nominee for President, McCain has abandoned his own convictions, and is taking a ...
