"Needless to say, I'm disgusted by the amendment introduced by Democratic Congressvermin Bart Stupak which would effectively make most abortions not covered by health insurance, even though many are now. Given the tremendous numbers of women who have had an abortion, it's not like he's going to put a dent in the 'problem'--women will still become pregnant, still want to become unpregnant, and still have abortions. It's just some will have to go into debt. So I suggest, if you can afford it, hopping on over to Planet Parenthood, and making a donation in honor of Bart Stupak (Tbogg has the details). But, once again, the Democrats have managed to demobilize their rank and file. Do they really think that the Democrats and independents who busted their asses for them wanted to restrict access to abortion? Really? Do they think that enacting the other party's agenda will lead to electoral success? Because this seems to be the strategy. And it's not working: recent polling data indicates that Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Deeds got clobbered because people who voted for Obama in 2008 didn't vote for Deeds in 2009. Why?" - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet