A pro-life Republican staffer just said to me: “You bring up a good point. I have to say I have no idea why I used the quote marks…. No idea. The Devil must have made me do it! Was certainly not a conscious decision by any means. Odd and interesting. Thanks for pointing this out.”

It’s because he’s so darn used to seeing it. Surprised he didn’t use so-called. The power of the mainstreamers!