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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQ_G6eMJAQ&feature=related”