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RE: Rudy’s position that he is (personally) in favor of public financing of abortions for poor women I believe that puts Rudy to the left of every viable Democrat currently running for President. I cannot imagine Clinton, Obama, Edwards (or even Dodd, Biden, or Gore) – all strongly pro-choice – coming out in favor of public financing of abortion. Rudy’s position is stunning in its: a) honesty on a subject where most politicians shade, shade, shade; and b) utterly out of step with the primary voters he’s courting.

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If Constitutional rights have to be funded by the government in order to be worth anything, the NRA is going to be gaining a lot of new members!!