McCain absconds from the idea of overturning Roe

You may have caught Sen. John McCain and his wife Cindy on The View last Friday. One of the questions raised by co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck was whether McCain intends to work toward overturning Roe. Once more in typical fashion, McCain avoided answering directly: He did not indicate that he would work to overturn Roe. Distilling his answer a bit, I hear McCain stating that he

1. will appoint justices who strictly interpret the Constitution (whatever that really means).

2. will not impose a litmus test for nominating Supreme Court justices when it comes to Roe.

3. feels Roe was a bad decision.

4. believes life begins at conception.

5. respects the views of those who do not believe that life begins at conception.

So basically McCain provided a few talking points, none of which actually answered Hasselbeck’s question. I’ve discussed McCain’s ambivalence toward Roe and abortion before. I was hoping that, by this late stage in the campaign season, McCain would have changed his view a bit. Wishful thinking.

Here’s the clip from The View. The discussion on Roe takes place between the 3:55 and the 6:55 marks.