I cannot believe that Dennis Kucinich’s flip-flop on abortion has not gotten more press. This is a guy who regularly received failing grades from NARAL and was widely considered one of the staunchest pro-life Democrats. But even though he has absolutely zero chance of winning the Democratic nomination, he still feels the need to abandon his principled position and become “pro-choice.” What is so stunning is not the immorality of essentially changing your mind on what constitutes murder in order to win votes, but the political stupidity of the decision. In a field so crowded the primary debates will look like the cover of the Sgt. Pepper’s Album, with no shortage of anti-war candidates, Kucinich could have singled himself out as a man of such admirable principle that he’s willing to challenge his own party on its pro-choice extremism. That would have established Kucinich as the McCain-like candidate to a certain extent and could have even won him more votes in Iowa or South Carolina (assuming he makes it to either). Comparisons to the late Bob Casey would have filled the airwaves. But instead he sends the signal that the Democratic Party cannot tolerate any break from Orthodoxy and even its mavericks must toe the line when the feminists crack the whip.