Jerry Costello is still in that camp:
The phone has been ringing in the office of Rep. Jerry Costello with some powerful folks on the other end of the line.
But thus far, Costello, an 11-term Democrat from Belleville, is planning to vote ‘no’ on the Senate version of health-care reform if and when that vote takes place, a top aide, David Gillies, confirmed this morning.
Yesterday evening, speaking to several reporters in the halls of the Capitol, Kaptur explained why she leans toward the Bishops’ position–and in doing so took a veiled swipe at the Hospitals.
“I think the hospitals have a different perspective because they’re running large institutions,” Kaptur said. “They have a lot of issues at stake. They have to balance their budgets and so forth. I think that the Bishops are probably in a different position. I don’t think that they’re really managerially responsible for these institutions.”
She’s right to not take her moral guidance from a trade association that has been a thorn in the side of the bishops’ conference (the latter which has steadfastly argued for the protection of human life throughout this debate).
Talking Points Memo also notes:
Kaptur said she’s spoken to Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI), another pro-life Dem who’s signed off on the Senate’s abortion language, but didn’t find his reasons persuasive.





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