John Podhoretz writes: ”So by all means, conservatives and Republicans should spend 18 months arguing about the Hyde Amendment. Because that’s really going to help.” I’m sure we’ll all be waiting for future bulletins on which topics we should discuss for how long, and which wouldn’t be “helpful.” Here are three reasons for saying a little bit about this topic now. First, no pro-life policy (that we have been allowed to enact) has done more to bring the abortion rate down. Second, it is conceivable that the policy could be overturned. Third, the policy is popular: If your goal is a Republican success in 2008, then all else equal, you should prefer to have an anti-funding Republican running against a pro-funding Democrat.