I mentioned this on the radio this morning. Itโs powerful stuff, from ABC this morning, via Mike Allen:
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), author of anti-abortion language in the House health-care bill, tells ABCโs George Stephanopoulos on โGood Morning Americaโ that heโs willing to bring down the final bill if abortion language isnโt changed: โ[T]he bill that they are using as a vehicle is the Senate bill. If you go to page 2069 through page 2078, you would find in there the federal government would directly subsidize abortions, plus every enrollee in the Office of Personnel management plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month toward reproductive rights which includes abortion. . . . [W]eโre not going to vote for this bill with that kind of language in there.โ . . .
STEPHANOPOULOS: โLet me be clear here. If the president doesnโt change the language, if your language is not accepted, you and your 11 colleagues who voted yes the last time will vote no this time. Does that mean youโre prepared to take responsibility for bringing down this whole bill?โ
STUPAK: โYes, weโre prepared to take responsibility. I mean, Iโve been catching it ever since last fall. Letโs face it, I want to see health care. But weโre not going to bypass some principles and beliefs that we feel strongly about.โ
Yes, Bart Stupak will vote for Obamacare if abortion is nixed. But considering the White House and co. is lying about abortion in the legislation at the moment, they donโt seem to be positioning to give in to Stupak.
UPDATE: Here is video of Stupak appearing on Fox News, calling the legislative process on Obamacare โtaintedโ and predicting that the Senate bill โwonโt even come closeโ to passing in the House unchanged.





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