From a reader:

You asked if it made sense for the National Right To Life Committee to endorse Fred Thompson.
Let’s see — Fred:
100% pro-life voting record.Unequivocal that Roe is wrongly decided and ought to be overturned.Unequivocal on appointing originalist judges.Believes that abortion policy is the business of the states, not the federal government.Consistently opposed to taxpayer funding of abortions.

Okay — I knew that, he certainly fits the NRLC bill as well as any of them. But I didn’t mean it that way — I meant politically speaking.

As Kathryn notes, there is a danger that Fred is already toast, and that would take a lot of power out of their endorsement. Then again, this is just the sort of thing that could breathe some life into his campaign and help him with his “clarity” problem. So perhaps it comes at the right time, when this is beginning to look like a race between Romney and Giuliani.