The Washington Times reported yesterday:
Of President Bush's nearly 50 threats to Congress about vetoing legislation, only 17 contained explicit language that the president "will" wield his veto pen.Nearly all of those "will veto" warnings were for legislation involving what Mr. Bush has called "the culture of life," such as the stem-cell research bill that passed the House this month....
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Stupak's amendment strikes this language and clearly forbids the use of federal monies to support abortion or abortion coverage. Ellsworth's plays a shell game, a 3-card Monty that hides the subsidies through misdirection.
Pelosi allowed Ellsworth a vote because Ellsworth's amendment doesn't impact the bill's ability to fund abortion coverage -- but gives Pelosi enough political cover to strip away a few nominally pro-life Democrats to vote for her bill.
~Ed Morrissey, HotAir.com, November 6
