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Lunar
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« on: March 13, 2010, 12:31:47 PM »
« edited: March 19, 2010, 07:29:35 AM by Lunar »
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzU0MDYxMWEyOTdiNGU1OGU3ZjYzYmE3Y2ZlZDQ5NTY=

How can you read that article and not think otherwise.  He sounds so dejected!

I think Nancy has the votes.
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Lunar
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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2010, 01:30:33 PM »
« Edited: March 13, 2010, 01:32:06 PM by Lunar »
I think people forget what Stupak's amendment does.  It bans private insurers who choose to take part in competitive exchanges from covering abortions, even if they, the business, and the employees all want it to.  It's basically radically changes the status quo as far as abortion goes (and as I understand it) in the name of ensuring not one penny of federal money ends up paying for an abortion...but that's not possible.  

This would be like, in a highway bill, forbidding any roads from going to any cities with an abortion clinic in them, or, in an energy bill, specifically saying abortion clinics are not eligible for tax breaks associated with increasing their energy efficiency or something.  Maybe all federal employees should be forced to sign contracts promising not to spend any of their salary money on abortion...if they want to have one, they'll have to juggle on the street or babysit or something for that money.
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2010, 07:29:59 AM »
« Edited: March 19, 2010, 07:33:06 AM by Lunar »
FLASH: Stupak deal-in-the-making would put Pelosi over 216

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