Fred And The Issue Of Abortion

Federalism:

Sen. Fred Thompson appeared on Meet the Press today and, Clintons take note, had to answer some tough questions asked by host Tim Russert. He discussed the crisis in Pakistan, his support for concealed carry laws on university campuses, and other issues. A little over midway through the interview, Russert queried Thompson on the Human Life Amendment and whether he supports it or not. He doesn’t. He favors letting states set abortion law. Around that nugget, though, Thompson touted his 100% pro-life voting record and ends this clip with his opinion on when life begins.

I find it hard to argue with his point on this issue. I am against abortion. I do not want it to be legal. But I also want this country to be guided by the Constitution, which gives the power to determine issues like this to the states.

Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) agrees.

Win, Fred, Win

Why Is Rudy Winning Over The Pro-Life Crowd

This is an excellent post by Hillbilly White Trash:

Yesterday I was listening to Sean Hannity's show when Bill Bennett came on as a guest. Both Hannity and Bennett are Roman Catholics who have made their opposition to abortion very clear in the past. However the likely prospect of ardently pro-choice Rudolph Giuliani gaining the Republican nomination had them
both backpeddling as fast as they could.

The two hypocrites vied with one another to see who could blow off the issue the fastest.

This is not an isolated phenomena on the right either. On his blog Michael Medved posted an entry called Abortion's shades of gray where he said this:

Please read the rest of his post at the link above.

I cannot understand why so many "conservatives" are lining up behind a man that holds such different views as they do. I don't want to see Hillary in the White House a bit more than any Republican does. I just don't think we have to stray that far away from our core beliefs to keep her out.