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Shocking, I’m sure, to Sen. Claire McCaskill, fresh from her appearance with the President in St. Louis last Wednesday, and shocking as well to Representative Russ Carnahan, who was a no-show at the event. Anyway, Rasmussen reports that 60% of Missourians oppose the healthcare bill, while 37% of Missourians approve of it.
That. Has. Got. To. [...]

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Shocking and sad, simultaneously. There should be a word for that. Sen. Stupak’s quotes are from National Review Online:
“Their position says that women, especially those without means available, should have their abortions covered.” The arguments they have made to him in recent deliberations, he adds, “are a pretty sad commentary on the state of the [...]

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Alas, a campaign is underway in The Netherlands to allow for the euthanasia of grandma and grandpa. Uber-bioethicist Wesley J. Smith notes,
Assisted suicide has been openly practiced since 1973, only being formally legalized in 2002. It has never been limited to the terminally ill, and the “guidelines” are not “stringent,” nor are they enforced with [...]

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Those who strongly oppose the plan outnumber those who strongly favor it by 2 to 1.

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WeeklyStandard.com reports that President Obama’s healthcare plan pays for abortions in three ways:

Federally-subsidized insurance plans will cover abortions
The National Right to Life Committee reports that $4 billion in extra spending added in Senator Reid’s Manager’s Mark are not restricted from being used for abortions in “community health centers”
the Senate bill, which is being forced down [...]

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But then again, TheHill.com also reports her as saying that
A bill can be bipartisan without bipartisan votes.
Huh? That’s like saying a cake can be chocolate without any. . . chocolate.
Methinks that the “A” Madam Speaker is referring to is abortion. Says the National Right to Life Committee,
If all of the President’s changes were made, [...]

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