While re-reading MSNBC's article published yesterday under the headline "Will Daschle survive tough Senate race?" I thought it would be worthwhile to point out once again how Senator Daschle is simply not telling the truth about his position on abortion during this campaign. Here's the relevant excerpt from the MSNBC story:
In recent days Thune and the Republicans have accused Daschle of trimming his views on abortion.In a fund-raising letter two years ago for National Abortion Rights Action League, Daschle said he had "stood up for a woman's right to choose.”
Last week, Thune's campaign handed out a videotape of Daschle telling an audience of California Democrats in 2002: "We will not surrender sacred ground, and that includes a woman's constitutional right to choose."
But in a conference call with reporters last week, Daschle said, “I’m anti-abortion. I don’t believe that abortion ought to be allowed. I think that others have expressed the need for exceptions, like rape and incest and saving the life of the mother, and I share the view about those exceptions, but I think we ought to do all we can to discourage abortion.”
(Emphasis added.) As John Thune would say, don't listen to what Daschle says, just look at Daschle's record. Daschle has repeatedly voted to endorse Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that requires states to allow abortion for any reason. The most recent such vote occurred on March 12, 2003, when Daschle voted for the Harkin Amendment, as recorded on the congressional roll call database at thomas.loc.gov, and in the on-line Congressional Record for March 12, 2003, page S3600 (2003 roll call no. 48). A screen capture of the text of the Harkin Amendment from the Congressional Record, March 12, 2003, page S3581, follows:
Again, don't listen to what Daschle says, just look at his record.
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