McCain has tanked the women vote

Well, if McCain gets bludgeoned at the polls by the women vote, we'll know why. In what could prove to be one of the watershed moments of the campaign, last night, during a question about Roe v. Wade, here is what McCain had to say about making exceptions to a late-term abortion ban in the case of danger to the mother:

Again... just again, an example of the eloquence of Senator Obama, health [indicates air quotes] of the mother. You know that's been stretched by the pro-abortion movement to mean almost anything.

With those words, McCain dishonored his party, his constituents, and just about every woman in America who has made the gut-wrenching choice to have an abortion.

And I'm about sick to death of Repubes running around insinuating that there are tens of thousands of women across the United States who are choosing to have an abortion in the seventh and eighth month of their pregnancies. It's a lot of b.s. And there's no such thing as a pro-abortion movement, either - McCain's merely playing two-year old linguistic games.

I was quite happy to hear Obama say last night that he's not "pro abortion," but that he's pro choice. Repubes try very, very hard to merge the two, but there's plenty of distinction between both camps. Wait, check that - I don't know of any "pro-abortion" movement.

For instance, I'm vehemently pro choice, but I'm not sure if I could ever tell my wife to have an abortion, unless her health were threatened (Then, it would be a much easier, but no less gut-wrenching decision).

What's more, McCain has a highly questionable pro-life "record" to begin with, and conservatives know it. Which is why he's craning his neck so hard to be seen by the radical religious right as some sort of pro-life crusader.

Take off the cape, McLiar - you aren't fooling anybody.