Will his promise of appointing socially conservative jurists to the federal courts be enough to entice conservatives, long distrustful of John McCain, to mark their ballots for him? Alexander Bolton writing for The Hill provides an excellent analysis.
Earlier this year, the advice his own mother gave to conservatives was, “Hold your nose” and vote for Johnny.
But, motherly advice aside, a fundamental issue of contention for conservatives has always been sanctity of life. McCain gives lip service to being pro-life and has even managed to garner some endorsements within the pro-life community. But the fact remains he has voted in support of embryonic stem cell and fetal tissue research and routinely uses the same jargon as Democrats when discussing abortion.
and you’ll hear the big tent philosophy from his own lips. Having mastered the art of understatement, McCain refers to abortion as “unpleasant.” He also advocates “going back to the platform of 1980 and 84.”
Those words say more about his views than a vague campaign promise to appoint conservative judges and justices, made with his back to the wall.
May 6, 2008 at 2:20 pm
he uses the word appoint…all he can do is nominate knowing full well the democratic senate will turn down any conservative. just talk …
May 6, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Excellent point! I trust McCain about as far as I can throw my house. That video says it all.
May 6, 2008 at 2:47 pm
That platform he wants to return to is the pre-Reagan platform and does not include the pro-life plank.
What a flim-flammer!
May 6, 2008 at 3:22 pm
The video is enough to make you gag.
May 7, 2008 at 8:06 am
The pro-life community has long known of his limp support of life issues. That’s why I could never understand the ratings he gets from pro-life groups. He also gets high ratings from pro-”choice” groups. How does he manage that?
Thanks for the video link. That says it all. I’ve sent it to my email list.