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"Senator Infanticide"?

How Obama messed up on opposing the Illinois Born Alive Act a few years ago.

It was a trap, says the article.

Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York was an exception. Understanding perfectly well the intent behind the bill, he nonetheless realized that there was no way to mount an effective opposition to it.

The next best thing would be to deprive the Republicans of an opportunity to "educate" the public on the issue, and so Nadler advised his fellow Democrats to allow the bill to pass with overwhelming support and thus also with a minimum of publicity. (Obama is now paying the political price for handling the issue much less deftly.)

Not only did Nadley have it right -- there was no effective way to mount opposition to the bill -- but Obama's judgment here was terrible off.

If a *single* botched abortion led to a living born baby being killed because Obama voted against the Illinois version of the bill, that death can now squarely be placed in his hands.

Now, maybe that baby never existed. But it only takes one.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on August 22, 2008 (boomark / email).