http://rightsfield.com/2007/02/19/mccain-flip-flops-says-roe-should-be-overturned/ Holding Our Noses So You Don't Have To Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:35:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://rightsfield.com/2007/02/19/mccain-flip-flops-says-roe-should-be-overturned/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Emboldened » Blog Archive » McCain’s Abortion Position Is Not A Question Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:55:17 +0000 http://rightsfield.com/2007/02/19/mccain-flip-flops-says-roe-should-be-overturned/#comment-475 [...] Contra Matt O.’s coverage of the latest alleged flip-flop by John McCain on abortion, there really is no doubt about where McCain stands on abortion. Scott Lemieux makes the case very clearly: Given the news that John McCain has forcefully denounced Roe v. Wade, the understandable liberal reaction is to point out the inconsistency of this legendary Straight Talker ™. And I agree, in general, that the media myths about McCain’s increasingly risible claims to independence need debunking. Given the unpopularity of his position, though, when it comes to forced pregnancy it should be pointed out that his record is in fact fundamentally consistent: he’s for it. He has a 0% NARAL rating. He’s never met a federal abortion regulation he doesn’t like. He voted for Robert Bork, which would have meant Roe being overturned 15 years ago. He favors a constitutional amendment banning abortion. It’s true that he has said that he wouldn’t want his daughter forced by the state to carry a pregnancy to term, but basically all American social conservatism comes with an implicit self-exemption for rich white people, and John McCain’s daughter won’t have a problem obtaining a safe abortion if Roe is overturned. [...] [...] Contra Matt O.’s coverage of the latest alleged flip-flop by John McCain on abortion, there really is no doubt about where McCain stands on abortion. Scott Lemieux makes the case very clearly: Given the news that John McCain has forcefully denounced Roe v. Wade, the understandable liberal reaction is to point out the inconsistency of this legendary Straight Talker ™. And I agree, in general, that the media myths about McCain’s increasingly risible claims to independence need debunking. Given the unpopularity of his position, though, when it comes to forced pregnancy it should be pointed out that his record is in fact fundamentally consistent: he’s for it. He has a 0% NARAL rating. He’s never met a federal abortion regulation he doesn’t like. He voted for Robert Bork, which would have meant Roe being overturned 15 years ago. He favors a constitutional amendment banning abortion. It’s true that he has said that he wouldn’t want his daughter forced by the state to carry a pregnancy to term, but basically all American social conservatism comes with an implicit self-exemption for rich white people, and John McCain’s daughter won’t have a problem obtaining a safe abortion if Roe is overturned. [...]

]]> http://rightsfield.com/2007/02/19/mccain-flip-flops-says-roe-should-be-overturned/comment-page-1/#comment-474 The Right’s Field » McCain’s Abortion Position Is Not A Question Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:54:30 +0000 http://rightsfield.com/2007/02/19/mccain-flip-flops-says-roe-should-be-overturned/#comment-474 [...] McCain Flip-Flops, Says Roe Should Be Overturned [...] [...] McCain Flip-Flops, Says Roe Should Be Overturned [...]

]]> http://rightsfield.com/2007/02/19/mccain-flip-flops-says-roe-should-be-overturned/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Sister Toldjah » Senator McCain expresses belief that Roe v. Wade should be overturned Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:06:43 +0000 http://rightsfield.com/2007/02/19/mccain-flip-flops-says-roe-should-be-overturned/#comment-472 [...] The Right’s Field characterizes McCain’s stance as a ‘flip-flop’, and provides a quote from him back in 1999 on the same issue. The quote: “I’d love to see a point where it is irrelevant, and could be repealed because abortion is no longer necessary,” McCain told the Chronicle in an article published Friday. “But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.” [...] [...] The Right’s Field characterizes McCain’s stance as a ‘flip-flop’, and provides a quote from him back in 1999 on the same issue. The quote: “I’d love to see a point where it is irrelevant, and could be repealed because abortion is no longer necessary,” McCain told the Chronicle in an article published Friday. “But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.” [...]

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