As I write this, we are waiting for Bart Stupak to come forward to announce if he is now voting for the health care bill in light of a deal that he has made with the President to get an executive order banning the use of federal funds for abortion. No one is sure if there is a deal or if Michigan Democrat Stupak will vote yes or no.
What is certain, however, is that if Stupak goes over to the yes side, he will be abandoning everything that he said for the last months about the Senate bill. Simply put, the Senate bill undermines established federal law that prohibits the use of federal funds for abortion. Stupak pointed that out and claimed the necessity for a change to the language in the bill before he could vote for it. It was a matter of principle!
Now, there is supposed to be an executive order limiting the expenditure of funds by the US government in cases of abortion. Stupak has been in Washington long enough to know that an executive order cannot stop expenditures autorized by law. That precedent was established by the Democrats when the got the Supreme Court to rule that President Nixon could not "impound" such expenditure by executive fiat. It is exactly the same as Obama stopping federal funding for abortion by executive fiat.
So what do we have? A purporteddly principled Democrat Congressman who may be in the process of flipping with only a lie for cover. The problem is that we all know that it is a lie. If Stupak flips, he looks worse than Pelosi. At least Nancy knows what she stands for and goes all out to get it. She may be a wacko lefty, but she is at least an open and consistent wacko lefty. Stupak, on the other hand, may be just another opportunistic congressman with no moral compass who just talks a good game.
No wonder people hate Washington and Congress.
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