McCain and Palin are ridiculous they do nothing but lie.The wade vs rowe was put into place because of women getting butchered getting abortions.women wake up Palin is againts all of women rights, all you hillary voters that all of a sudden are for Palin because she is a woman are in for rude awakeing if these to people are elected in to office

I remember before Roe v. Wade women would go across the border to get abortions, or the back alleys and get butchered, infections or other post operative complications. No amount of legislation will stop abortions. So allow choice and maybe, just maybe, some woman won't have to die at the hands of a basement butcher. If you really want to maintain the "sanctity of life" then leave well enough alone.

Strange how McCain pounds on the "sanctity of life" and wants to continue war.

And when was the last time he was pregnant?

In my male -humble opinion Pro-Choice is simply giving a WOMAN the right to choose what is best for her body. It doesn't advocate that the end result will be to have an abortion. Abortion whether outlawed or not will still take place, but the best compromise is to teach abstinice, and safe responsible sex education. I'm often confused by those pro-lifers that are for WAR and the Death Penalty. Save a life only to send it to war!

McSame__my view is respect for human life both born and the unborn.”………are you against the DEATH PENALTY?and For the WAR in IRAQ ………What is death count ?——What a hypocrit

Ray wrote July 9th, 2008 6:50 pm ET

"Protect born and unborn life UNLESS it's life in the Middle East, then just shoot no need to talk about it."

Did you know people dying from gun violence in our country is far more than people dying in Mideast ??

LISTEN PUMA, PUMA, PUMA VOTE MCCAIN, AND ROE VS WADE WILL BE OVERTURNED, AND THERE WILL NOT BE A WOMEN PRESIDENT EVER.

Does anyone else find it odd. The GOP is Pro-life and Pro death penalty. Your right to life only extends til your born then they can kill you with a clear conscience.

When will Obama say he respects all life and outlaw the death penalty which allows for a few innocent people to be executed as collateral damage to feed the nations general lust for revenge? One thing I can say about these pro-lifers is at least they're consistent and they did get partial birth abortion curtailed. If youre allowed to murder a baby that would live outside its mothers womb in late trimesters by inducing labor then stabbing its skull, (thats what it is) then maybe if you have an infant in the first few days and change your mind, re-insert it and do the same procedure to it, that should be legal also. John McCain and the Republicans are a doomed lot. One day soon what is now a Democrat will be the far right end of the spectrum and America can wake up to the modern world. Perhaps Obama will be the new Regan, in that he redefines the mainstream- we got a lot of catching up to do!

A woman's right to choose is her right. Not polititions. Not men and most certainly not another woman. Her own. RIGHT TO CHOOSE! It is a sad situation but possibly worse for a child who has a mother who is not ready or not fit to be a mother yet or at all. God bless all our children. God Bless a woman to choose for herself

If OBAMA does not pick CLINTON he will loose.

VICE PRESIDENT CLINTON
OR
PRESIDENT JOHN MCCAIN

Well all you out-of-work conservative can get as excited as you want about a womans personal issue but, with John McBush, your going to be still out-of-work.

Hope you feel better in the bread line!

McCain does more flip-flopping than Obama could ever think of doing, and the media lets him do it, even when he is on tape and the tapes are readily available. The media wants Republicans in control. Isn't that interesting? Don't be fooled..we need a cleaning out of Congress, and a Democrat in the White House, or we will be bombed very soon.

I'm pro-choice… but I'm voting for McCain. Why? Among other reasons, I don't agree with Obama's position either. Obama favors allowing a doctors to kill a baby that someone miraculously survives the odious procedure to which McCain refers. It's one thing to abort a fetus, but it's a whole other deal to kill a baby outside the womb. Only something like 5% of the country actually agrees with Obama on this issue. You have be a seriously cold-hearted bastard to do so, in my opinion.

Dry your eyes disenchanted Hillary supporters and pay attention. That PUMA business was cute for a while, but there are some heavy issues at stake.

Speaking of Govment spending, McCain is the 2d ranking GOP member and former chair, when the GOP controlled congress, of the Commerce Committee. Next to defense, Commerce spends more tax dollars and creates deficit. McCain voted for the bridge to nowhere, in Alaska. He has never voted no a any spending bill to come out of his committee. And now he worried able Govment spending. This guy will say anything to get elected. Since he has been on both sides of the abortion issue, who really knows were he stands.

I wouldn't have gone there if I were him…he's not thinking. And this is from a first time rep woman voter. I might still vote for you, but you're making me wish I had voted for Obama like many of my friends, including one of my sisters. Watch me as I cross over…

What about children born to drug addicted parents? Crack babies are a sad reality, and those poor kids didn't have a choice to be born that way. You'll be taking away the only option for some women who live in abusive relationships, are caught up in drugs, alcohol, prostitution and gangs, and if their lives were headed in the right direction, they might decide to bring a healthy child into this world. More of these disadvantaged mentally challenged children will be born, because you do not support planned parenting. I don't think the majority of women want the option of back alley coat hanger abortions or dropping off your unwanted kid in the mail chute at the baby depot. Let us chose what's best for our children. It's wrong to make our future children pay for our mistakes.

(sigh) Both these guys are pandering. They both bend on this issue, leaning toward what they think the audience wants to hear. It's human nature and it's good strategy for the lowest common denominator.

That's why I go with the voting record. McCain's a good guy in a lot of ways, but Obama is better on birth control and sex ed–and if you've got those, we don't need as many abortions.

And while we're talking about abortion, who's talking about infrastructure? Who's talking about the economy? Abortion law is important to me, but those are the things that will affect our country's future.

Why no mention of the Vietnam Veteran who challenged McBush's voting record on veteran issues??

McBush looked like a McFOOL

So, John McBush is pandering to right-wing evangelicals for votes. What's new ??

The man is not qualified, unless being an angry, old white fart that got shot down 3 times and spent countless years as a POW…then came to the senate to do the work of lobbyists and special interests (see Keating five) qualifies one to be president.

VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA….
BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CNN, what is wrong with my comment that you have refused to publish it? It has been awaiting moderation for over 30 minutes. Have you guys gone partisan too? Or do you want to tell me that you did not hear Mcsame making jokes about killing Iranians with cigarettes?

Okay PUMA crybabies, there was your Roe V Wade warning shot by your endeared John McCain.
Still want to vote for McCain? My guess is yes because you are morons!

I think abortion should be allowed up to birth. Extreme, but it's still in the woman's body.

I believe in abortion when;

1) The mother’s life is in jeopardy.
2) Rape
3) Incest
4) Maybe some others

I do no believe in abortion when;

1) It is used as a matter of convenience.
2) It is used as a form of birth control.

Liberals usually believe in abortion for all of the above. They believe in abortion on demand. They do not believe in the child’s rights nor that the mother has any RESPOSIBILITY in trying not to get pregnant.

What ever happened to being held accountable for one’s actions???

Ever hear of contraceptives?

Recently I saw a little girl on TV that was born prematurely at 26 weeks into the term, she is now 12, and there wasn't a thing wrong with her.

What gets me is that some liberals believe in partial birth abortions at over 8 months of term. A procedure that would that if wouldn't be done, 5 minutes later would produce a healthy child.

How sorry some of you people are. Maybe YOU sould have been aborted.

It should be a women's choice and no man or politian should be able to change that….plain and simple!

Good for McCain!!! Stand up for human values. Abortion is wrong!! Life is precious. He may not be perfect but face it, He's the best choice we have. He has far more knowledge and courage than Obama. Some people only say what they want you to hear. Others stand up for what they believe.

Mc Cain 08

Who or what is the name of "the two parent family organization" that "shares our values"? Who is "our"? This is just an example of the totally incoherent nonsense that McCain says everyday. This alone is an example of unclear thinking – whether he was always like this or is getting worse as he gets older, I don't know. But this statement means nothing.
As for those who don't see how anyone can be pro-choice…you are either too young to remember "back alley" abortions with wire coat hangars (yes, they happened – I knew someone who had one), a male with no idea of what it means to be faced with an unwanted pregancy, or a woman with no empathy for other females. I marched for abortion rights when I was younger and if we lose these It will be a major step backward.

There in nothing more pathetic than a 73 year old man believing that he has the "moral" right to make a decision on abortion. It is, and always should be, an individual right, decided upon by that individual, without exception!! With the U.S. in constant turmoil from economics to war, surely McCain can find a cause better suited to prolonging overall human life and leave the "unalienable" rights of the fetus to those who carry them. Unless, of course, his brain is still in a fetal position.

I think the State of Ohio should think about putting another Republican in office considering the jobs they have lost under the Republicans. Maybe its time for a Democrat and grow jobs in Ohio State. We seem to forget Bill Clinton grew 23 milion jobs during his administration.

Why do the Republicans always want to take away a women right to make a decision. Do they think they can't make an intelligent decision on a pregnancy?

I think the State of Ohio should think about putting another Republican in office considering the jobs they have lost under the Republicans. Maybe its time for a Democrat and grow jobs in Ohio State. We seem to forget Bill Clinton grew 23 milion jobs during his administration..

Too many of you choose to ignore what abortion really is. Any bona fide abortionist such as Tiller will even admit to you that abortion is MURDER. Support what you wish, but admit what it is you support. I'm sick of people comparing war and the death penalty with abortion. Certainly innocent people are sometimes killed in war. Certainly there have been cases of innocent people on death row. BUT, innocent people are ALWAYS killed in an abortion. Have the guts to take a look at an abortion. The videos are out there. If you're scared to, there is a reason; you are viewing the murder of another human being.

McSenile, you can try to make abortion an election issue. It's just like your repub friends to talk about this yet support the war as well as the death penalty. Another wedge issue.

Sorry McCain, but like always Obama will beat you over the head with the abortion issue if you make it one. If you start that gay marriage crap again, I would love to see people bringing up your own marriage problems (first wife).

You are going to lose, and lose bad. Get ready to be thumped McSame.

so is he pro-life or pro choice?

Jack, You closed the Jackson blog much to quick. Had it been anyone else, THERE WOULD BE CONSEQUENCES AND REPORCAUTIONS!!!!!! By the way Jesse , Where have you BEEN? Cnn needs to get the opinion of this statement from Mr. Sharpton, He'll have an interesting statement to make, IF YOU CAN FIND HIM!!!

How can a man who has helped send over four thousand Americans to their death in Irak plus over a hundredthousand inocent Irakies to join them say he believes in the sanctity of life?
I reme mber Jerry Falway saying why he was against stem cell research because "all life is to be protected"
On the same program he later stated we must go over there and kill them before they come over and kill us. Just what bible do these people read?

HOW CAN ANYONE HAVE LIVED SO LONG AND

REMAINED SO IGNORANT & EMPTY HEARTED?

McCain = Bush ; Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom One hundred years boomboom.

Fon't tell me what to do McBush. Your problem is you are of the generation of women should be seen and not heard! You will not take away my rights or the rights of any other woman in this country you warmonger.

McCain=Bush: Boom Boom Boom Boom

I find it funny how some McCain people like to get on a soap box, and then use the word Anonymous to identify themselves.

My body my choice…

…and the life you carry deserves their own choice!

If Mcsame has respect for human life, how come he was making jokes about killing Iranians with cigarettes? None of the main stream media has reported it . I can only imagine the obvious if obama had made the joke.

Correction to my earlier comment. Pro-Life is the only really characteristics to John McCain.i like I cannot understand how so many people can support abortion. When people get killed the criminals are arrested and thrown into Prison. Why should it be different for the women who kill their babies, their as bad as these criminals. I'm sorry but there will probably people who bash me but that is my opinion and I'm entilted to it just like everyone else. If you don't believe me it says it in the TEN COMMANDMENTS "THOU SHAL NOT KILL".

CNN PLEASE POST!!!!!!!!!

Listening to McCain on my laptop I couldnt help but be reminded of some of the interviews that pro wrestlers do on television. He was going after what they call the cheap pop. This is when a wrestler knows that the audience is falling asleep on him and he will say anything that will get the crowd riled up so as to generate some excitment. Its a cheap trick only used by those who cant entertain and excite a crowd through the merit of their own skills. Sadly, and as incredible as it is to believe, pro wrestling is probably more believable than any of the words coming out of McCains mouth these days.

What say you now, Clinton junkies???

geez,,mccain, u cant have it both ways,,lol,, ( we know its to cover your bu**)

MY BODY MY TEMPLE MY CHOICE

If he was poor and pregnant, it might be a different story.

But then, he ditched his disabled wife and married money. He'll never be pregnant.

Control those women – take their rights to choose away – that's all we hear from him.

He killed innocent women and children in Nam. Not even smart enough to avoid capture. Get Real !!

Obama 08

I never quite understand how people can think the supposed "fetus" is merely an extension of their body and because of that "it" is a part of their body and they can do what they want with "it".

Do they then have twenty fingers? and twenty toes?

Two heads? Four arms? Four feet? Four eyes?

And if it's a boy, then the woman really has a problem!

Somehow I really don't think so!!!!

Right on John—with Obama flip-flopping now on a daily basis, we can feel the noose tightening around his neck.

"my body, my choice"

your baby's body, your choice?????

I'm not in the Bible Belt, I'm not particularly religious, I'm not even Republican. But I really like what McCain said.

Scrambling a baby's brain at nine months in a birth canal, that's just barbaric unless its to save the life of a mother. Yet, Obama is OK with it. That's disgusting.

Roe v Wade will not be overturned. There would be a revolt in this country. Furthermore, how many men are willing to pay for the child support for a lifetime. A woman has the right to choose what happens to her – whatever her decision, it's hers alone. The government has no right to interfere. This country will not go backwards. We need to have more birth control and make sure women and men become more responsible, but sometimes things are out of one's control. Forget about it, it's not an issue.

I never quite understand how people can think the supposed "fetus" is merely an extension of their body and because of that "it" is a part of their body and they can do what they want with "it".

Do they then have twenty fingers? and twenty toes?

Two heads? Four arms? Four feet? Four eyes?

And if it's a boy, then the woman really has a problem!

Somehow I really don't think so!!!!

Hurrah for the unborn CHILD!!! These little babies definitely deserve their right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in this world!

THIS GUY IS AN IDIOT. TALKING ABOUT KILLING IRANIANS. IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU MCSHAME RIGHT. YOU HAVE NO REGARDS FOR HUMAN BEINGS. WE ARE ALL MADE EQUAL. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO DIE BECAUSE YOU WANT THIER OIL.

Let's see how these Christian people would clap for a candidate who has enough courage to stand up and say if all life is sacred then the death penalty IS WRONG. I think it was something like 19 people cleared from jail in Texas on DNA evidence… If one, only one, innocent person is convicted wrongly and executed then how can anyone defend this system at all when the facts show it is not a deterrent to crime (countries w/no capital punishment have lower crime rates) and the only motive stems from a general lust for revenge- which is against Christ's teachings. How many souls of unborn fetus's does it take to weigh equally in importance on a scale in God's eyes to the weight of one fully developed individual, innocently convicted, then put to death by a self righteous system? I guess babies are cuter then getting down into the guts of the death penalty which also will kill blacks convicted of the same crimes and let whites serve life. Jesus help you hypocrites who vote Republican again and again on this issue alone, WAKE UP!!!!!

WAR IS NOT PRO-LIFE

I am very conservative. I am against abortion of any form. I just can't force myself to vote for McBush. We need somebody less Bush like.

NO ONE likes the idea of abortion. It's a woman's right to choose that must be upheld. I hope that those who say they'll vote for McCain because they're mad at the DNC and mad at Obama are listening.

This is pretty sad for John McCain. Nearly no one respects Neo-Cons right now and those who are venomously pro no choice will vote for him regardless. And this is terribly ironic for any real republican to want such a big government rule. So he should try and go back to being a republican like he used to be in 2000 and before. But even a real republican can't help us in these times.

Ask him what he thinks about the weather and McCain surely will give his "straight-talk" views on abortion. Way to go Mr. Conservative!

Now he'll be running on his stand against abortion and against Roe
v Wade.
Well I guess thats something.

"my body, my choice"

your baby's body, your choice????

It really isn't funny anymore, it's sickening.

All life is precious until you deploy them to a useless war….

McCain & Ohio in 08

No McCain in '08

So are those Hillary women still eager to vote for their buddy McCain???

Lets spite Obama, and then allow McCain to trample on our rights, our money and our soliders in Iraq all so he can serve the right wing. I am a Libertarian and don't like either candidate especially, but seeing women willing to give up so much out of petty anger.

And, I know that McCain is divorced. I am not about the past, and my question was not an attack on his character. I want to confront this crisis for the future of my children. I can't even take them to the play ground because little Jonny from broken homesville is cussing and hitting the other kids and little regressed Lizzy is getting yelled out by her mother who is so tired becuse she's pulling the wieght of two parents and taking it out on her child.
We can't give our children the time they deserve when we are worn and emotionally damaged ourselves. We are wrecking our kids, and it has to stop. Parents have to be aware that everything they do effects their children. We are just like our parents wether or not we want to be. And when your child acts up, look hard, because you are seeing your worst qualities being thrown back at you, because your child repeats your behavior. We should be seeing kindness from them, not hardship. We deserved better, and our children deserve better! Parents can only do the best they can, and right now, with all their stress, a parents' best is just not good enough. WAKE UP AMERICA! we are self destructing!

You can say what you want on this issue, it won't stop them, many will find a way to abort a child especially if it involves rape, to me it's a personal choice that many have to live with.

Love the comment about McCain being a hypocrite for being against abortion and for the death penalty. So that would mean that moron would have to be for the death penalty and for abortion to avoid the same label? riiiiiight.

Another old Fart who can't get pregnant telling women what to do with their bodies!

Anonymous, if you mom had had a choice…

People always want to protect the unborn, then once they are here, you are on your own.

What about the people who are here? Cant we do more to make life not only about survival, but quality as well? Isnt that what makes us human.

Practice safe sex and most of this wont be an issue. Oh wait, safe sex is an issue too. Geeze, practicality VS 'faith'.

How about my body is mine, and i live with whatever mistakes I make, period.

"the 2 parent family organization that shares OUR values" Uh–didn't McCain admit repeatedly cheating on his first wife whom he dumped for his then 24 yr old second wife after having an affair with her while still married?
Bottom line: he has promised conservatives he will ad judges to the Supreme Court resulting in making abortion illegal again. At least he is true to himself on that issue which is admirable even if we may not agree with it. While abortions are a terrible thing I would hate to see us once again criminalize women and doctors for it.

The funny thing is the baggage that everyone takes into this. McCain didn't advocate outlawing abortion, or trying to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. All he said was that we should do everything we can to eliminate abortion. Does anyone really disagree that we would be a healthier, more respectable society if we tried to grow to where we at least minimize the abortion rate, say, with better birth control, greater personal responsibility for birth control, better prenatal support medically and psychologically, and better adoption procedures? Abortion may be a woman's right – no argument here to the contrary. But it also is not the best possible solution. People need to back off the rhetoric and the presumed content of McCain's comments and start looking for a way for our society to grow beyond abortion.

Women Beware:
McCain has voted against ALL women's issues.
He wants to take women's rights and choices away.
Obama supports women's issues.

McCain before presidential office: "I believe that women have the right to chose but I am against abortion"

McCain After Presidential Office: "I think it's a crime to abort a child at any trimester and my new 5 supreme court justices agree. "

R.I.P.
Roe v. Wade

Mccain Is Not The Right Man To Be President!

The crowd cheered, wildly.

Seals applaud when you throw them a fish!

What a stupid article, yet we here nothing that McCain called Social Security a "disgrace" or that he was the only senator not bothering to show up today and vote on the Medicare bill. Where are these stories on this ticker?? Who ever writes these posts, get a clue.

Personal to Ardnuas:

McCain will never start a war in Iran. Bush will do it first!

Independent in Colorado, listen closely I will type very slowly……………………………………………..overturning Roe vs Wade would make abortion illegal, which is exactly what John McCain is talking about. You think McCain is pandering? I think you are on a prescription you need to get off of.

McCain is a divorced man; then he got religion and married a wealthy heiress! An heiress who won't release her tax returns, either.

Goodbye Roe v Wade if he gets elected.

I am the female voter who asked about the divorce rate. McCain said he wants to bring this country together. I asked "how can we bring our country together, when we can't even bring our own homes together? Do you think the high divorce rate is a crisis, and do you have a plan to fix it?". Of course he would divert to abortion because my question is a conservative question he he leans on the side of conservatives when it comes to abortion. Debating abortion is senseless, and everone should just agree to disagree. Roe v. wade will probably never be overturned, because to make a woman prove she has been raped or pregnant from incest to get an abortion would vilolate her privacy, and should not be asked of any woman. THIS WAS NOT MY QUESTION!
Had I not been so nervous, I would have asked him why we reward single parent homes with free college and heathcare, and why we penalize married couples with taxes and no heathcare. But again, money in our pockets still won't fix this problem. We need education! I am 25 and my generation is the first to come from these divorced homes, and we do not know how to stay married because we weren't tuaght to stay married. Everyone is all about themselves, and THE CHAOS IN THIS COUNTRY IS STEMMED FROM THE CHAOS IN OUR HOMES! You want to bring a country together? Teach us how to respect one other and how to put others before ourselves. Our children, the ones who are here now (save the abortion issue for another day!), they are the ones who are being hurt. Just look at the increase in child crime!!!!

Got to love the Libs. They will bash you for even thinking about harming a caribou in ANWR but siphoning a baby is A-OK with them. Good set of moral values you got working for you there.

Did he get a standing ovation with his 100 more years in Iraq remark? Does "sanctity of human life" apply outside Ohio? Maybe he can lecture the orphans on family values during his next overseas photo op.

By the way, pro-choice is better than no-choice.

I wonder how many of the people who "leapt to their feet" have adopted an unwanted child? It seems to me that these people will go to any length to try and stop legal abortion and yet do nothing to stop the abuse of children that occures every day.

Hmmm, he doesn't know anything about economics, and he's obviously not a woman. I've got it – if he can't be an economics expert and i fhe is too old to do anything useful, maybe he can become an expert on abortion and morality.

He isn't for or against the right to choose. HE NEEDS THE VOTES OF IDIOTS WHO LISTEN TO HIM.

To all those who complain about the age of John McCain… I an eighty one years of age, i enlisted in the USMC in 1945 and am a veteran of Okinawa, I like john McCain am still in control of all my faculties.
I will vote for McCain any day before I will vote for that black and white thing pictured next to him.
So……screw you!

Funny how abortion rates went down in 40 states under Pro-choice Clinton and only down in 4 under "pro-life" Bush and up in two states.

Could it be that other matters such as the economy, crime, etc…can reduce more abortions then just talking about it? Hmmm…perhaps it's Democrats who can lower abortions without having to make it illegal. Huh, and I thought the Republicans are the ones that always complained that the government should stay out of their lives. No wonder fiscal conservatives of old are fleeing the Republican party that has been taken over by the Christian right who do nothing but yell and shout on this issue.

Abortion (pro-life or pro-choice) is a tough issue. Republicans are usually for personal liberty. But the social conservatives want government help on stopping abortion and same sex marriage.

Pro-choice people say that women should have rights to control their own bodies. They should decide if they want to have the babies or to abort them. People used to believe life started after birth. Now, if you believe the life begins at conception (almost every one believes this), then abortion means aborting the babies. Pro-life people claim that the killed babies are defenseless. It is the most divisive issue in America and there will be no compromise anytime soon. When McCain promotes his pro-life views, he must be careful not to offend those pro-choice voters who may vote him. When Obama promotes his pro-choice views, he must be careful not to offend those pro-life voters who may vote him. Both of them will be very careful. Obama can switch most of his other positions and he will still get at least 80% of the voters on the left. However, it is a no-no for him even to waiver on the abortion issue.

Well folks…kiss Roe VS Wade away….

Funny how Canada has just bestowed it's highest honour, the Order of Canada, on Dr. Henry Morgentaler, the pro-choice doctor who spent his entire career and even went to jail to fight for women's right to have an abortion, and here in the States old McInsane is still living in the dark ages and disregarding everything numerous people have fought so long and hard to achieve.
The right to choose is fundamental to women's advancement in society and it will never be rescinded, so for McCain to even dangle that carrot to the Bible Belt is nothing short of dispicable pandering.

Women are so stupid.

People misunderstant Roe v. Wade. Overturning it will NOT criminalize abortions in the entire country immediately. Instead it will just return the power to legislatures (state or federal) to decide.
And it's all moot anyway.
The federal government has all but negated Roe v. Wade, cutting down rights to abortions to pretty much zero except for very specific circumstances. Only a handful of states have abortion anyway. You can bet that those states will keep those abortions legal even after Roe v. Wade is overturned. (which is a 'when' not an 'if') In the states that would vote to criminalize abortions, abortions are non-existant anyway.

Obama's race baiting, race agenda is more of an issue than McCains age.

McCain is fully capable of doing he job. He comes from a family with extremely long life lines.

6:44pm ET White people for Obama:

Yeah .. he was a very POOR pilot also.. He personally crashed 5 times.

The only thing he has ever done exceedingly well is 'Sing' for the Vietnamese.

And to display his own self anger & self disgust for 'singing' so much.about things other than name rank & serial #.

lead by example… oh wait!… tell people what they want to hear

Divorce – Flip Flopper

Well…my friends…

In case you havent noticed… McPain's positions on every issue except for War Mongering; is whatever is popular wherever he happens to be speaking…

Very NOT impressive. Flip-Flopping to whatever the most popular public opinion is at the time & place he is speaking.

Straight Talk? Straight to the popular positions would be more accurate.

Men talking about their views and beliefs on abortion – that's a joke. After 220 years we still have to hear men yapping away so they can get into that Oval Office. America has to be the most backward country when it comes to getting women to keep their mouths and other body parts shut.

No flag Pin!

Not a patriot!

Just a gambler who didn't report his winnings to the IRS!

Don't let this fool gamble with your ability to choose!

You can choose not to have an abortion too you know. Stop trying to force others to conform to your point of view old man!

I am very anti-abortion but I also believe the choice should be there..we all answer to God for our choices and our mistakes should be our mistakes, This is the ONLY issue I disagree with Obama on.. partial birth abortion is absolute murder.. in my opinion but again the laws are in place for a reason. I just can't believe partial birth abortion is tolerated anywhere on this planet!! But it was in place long before Obama and that will not change even if McCain wins.

McCain's own family is living proof of Adoption over Abortion. It is fair to say that given unusual circumstances protocols can be put in place and use of language to accomodate life threatening situations. The same with same sex marriage. McCain believes a marriage is between a man and a woman but he supports civil unions. In this case, we can argue with the most respected biologist for heaven's sake. The only humane thing to do is accomodate them.

If ever you needed proof that McCain 08 is willing to do anything to get elected, here it is. Willing to use wedge issues, just like all his predecessors. I think McCain 2000 would really hate McCain 2008.

Did he also give them that Chessire Cat Smile..?

There goes the female supporters of HIllary Clinton that McCain was trying to woo from Obama.

Tomorrow he will remember none of this. I guess he thought about a two parent family, when he divorced his first wife for cindy.

Women, he is going to get rid of all of your rights.

I have no ideal how remembers what Obama voted for, when he wont even vote for his own bill. Nothing against being old and not remembering. But with all the things, he is forgetting he said and did. I wonder if he will remember the people of this country.

He voted against women receiving equal pay about a month ago. He is against women's rights (look how he treats his own wife). He is a TRUE republican. Women are nothing. To him it's a man's world.

A quote: "But when McCain mentioned his support for “the sanctity of human life” "……

How about the lives lost in Iraq?
How about the lives who are lost due to lack of healthcare?
How about the lives of children who go to school hungry?
How about the bridges and highways that are crumbling.
Oh….. he must be talking about the sanctity of Saudi oil billionaires lives…. now I get it.

Stop telling women what they can't do with their own bodies and start facing the real issues Senator McCain.

Do not worry…..Obama will be switching from pro choice and then back again and then switching again before this is all over. Bambi does the flip flop like no one else.

NOT IMPORTANT STOP YOUR HATING. MCCAIN IS REAL. O.B. TALKS CHEAP. O.B. WOULD DO ANYTHING TO WIN LIKE PAYING OFF DNC TO SWIFTBOAT HRC. HINT

Could he and the evagelists also speak for the babies who have died in Iran and those in America who do not have health care. Cpould he also explain why he did not vote for having birth control pills covered under the medical plans??

The hypocrisy of these people is incredible.

Funny that the previous poster implies that the dignity of human life is "not important". While there are numerous issues that candidates must address in this presidential bid, these issues can arguably stem from the attitude of holding every life dear. Senior healthcare, education, and foreign policy cannot have a favorable future with the attitude first and foremost that holding life precious must be upheld first. This sets the stage for solving the other problems that afflict all of us.

This helps McCain with the staunch conservatives, and that's about it. He needs to focus on the moderate republicans, democrats, and independents. A little straight talk about Obama's far left speeches and voting record, would help McCain a long way.

All of this from a philandering divorced and re-married 71 year old. Spare me. It is time for the country to move on from this old tired rhetoric.
Dave

John McCain should be an expert on divorce. After all he left his first wife Carol after she became damaged goods from a car accident for the much younger Cindy a model with money.

McCain speaks the truth. Human life is sacred and most Americans will applaud in agreement. Obama supports the partial -birth (late term) abortion procedure which delivers all but the baby's head, then it is stabbed in the back of the neck and it's brains suctioned out. Bad choice and worse than waterboarding. 4000 abortions a day in America! No one has authority to do that. All are endowed with the right to life.
Chesterton said," To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as being right in doing it".
We need to reclaim the dignity of human life in America!

Hmmm, I remember back when McCain was a moderate who didn't touch this issue because it wasnt important to him, as he is not a particularly religious man. Now he is the republican nominee…. pathetic. But if this is his strategy for winning i guess he can go on about it. He doesn't have a chance.
I am 26, and I know that anyone near my age group doesnt really care one bit how "grampa" McCain tells us how to live our lives. This is the 21st century, you had your chance John. You are too old…..and did I mention pathetic?

Its funny that McCain doesn't like it when the government buds in for things such as Universal Health Care, Mortgage crisis……….

BUT

Here is something that is a very difficult choice to make no matter which side you are on yet McCain thinks its ok for the government to bud in on this issue!

So McCain will let the governemt decide for you?

Those Hilary Clinton supporters that are still saying they will vote for McCain should really pay attention to this rhetoric…. This man will appoint members to the supreme course.. I do not want my right to choose taken away by a bunch of men over 70, especially one who commits adultery.

So, what's the point of having town hall meetings if everyone already agrees with you?

Uh-Oh, someones flip-flopped, LOL!!

By the way your name states it perfectly,"not important" It fits you well!

Wow…who would have thunk it…Anti abortion rhetoric gets thunderous applause in the "so called" heartland of America!!! Let him go to Cali with that speech! What a woman does with her body is between her and God. Now I know McCain is as old as Moses, but last time I checked he is not God. I don't want to hear his opinion on abortion, I want to know what he is going to do realisticly about this economy. Let me know when I can stop paying almost $4 for a gallon of milk, and over $4 for a gallon of gas. You should not be at the gas pump making life decisions " If I get the gas we eat peanutbutter and jelly for a week, if I don't, I can not go to work"!!!!!!! Yeah…richest country in the world …If you are RICH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

McCain on Social Security: “Americans have got to understand that we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today. And that’s a disgrace. It’s an absolute disgrace, and it’s got to be fixed.”

Memo to Senator McCain: That's how the system works. It's how it's always worked.

Perhaps McCain shouldn't tout his experience so much when he doesn't even have a basic understanding of Social Security. Clearly, John McCain is also out of touch with working families, because anyone who earns a paycheck has an understanding of how Social Security works.

Pro-Life is always much better then murder. The reason why McCain has not talked about the Right to Life that much is due to the fact that he is probably pro-choice and Obama seems evasive on the abortion issue, so which means that he is probably pro-life. Come read my daily political blog on myspace and search Derek Varsalona

Hey prochoice guy! Wait till you get before God and say that. Enjoy your eternity in outer darkness!!!

If life is so precious, why do they support the death penalty? You can't have it one way and not another. Thou shall not kill ring a bell? The religious right just crack me up. Separation of church and state.

Obama voted against a ban on partial birth abortion and people think that isn't a valid issue? Read up on it, it is barbaric and is used often times on perfectly healthy babies. In a nutshell they jam scissors into the babies skull, expand the hole, then suck the brains out. The dead baby is then removed. Obama apparently thinks this is an ok way to end a human life…

I'll still vote for Obama, but McCain is right in this instance: partial birth abortion is really, really, really gross. It's really gross. Seriously. I can't describe it any better than that.

So how many kids has the Senator and his millionaire wife adopted? My guess is ZERO.

People who think mcbush will actually change roe vs.wade are just not really thinking about the reality here. I mean the majority of our presidents since the pro-choice law were republican and look were we are.
Nixion did not change it….
Ford did not change it…
Regean did not change it…
Bush sir did not change it…
Bush jr. did not change it…
What makes you think Mcbush will really give away his parties election winning tool?

Let the states, not the courts, decide on abortion.

Is it join McCain's "choice" to pump more than 10 prescription meds into his aging body every day?

This man has no right to talk about family values after what he did to his own family.
He cheated on his wife many times. Left her in a wheelchair and married a month after his divorce.

He makes me Sick !

What a suck-up. So much for both his "maverick" sales pitch, and his "straight talk express".

Oh great, maybe the born-againers will elect someone primarily on this issue. Oh, yeah, they already did that with Bush, the darling of evangelicals for his "right to life" stance– you know, the guy who killed thousands and thousands of American soldiers and Iraqi citizens. THOSE VOTERS are responsible for those deaths. How many of them do you think hold themselves responsible? How many will buy this same used car a second time?

I hope all you HRC supporters who are voting Mcsame are paying attention to who and what you are voting for.

Stop the nonsense we need to UNITE!

McCain is right! Obama is wrong!

Protect the life of the born and unborn! Support for “the sanctity of human life!”

No one WANTS abortions to take place. But the way to keep them from happening is not to ban them. It's similar with gun control except the two sides have opposite opinions: we can't stop violence by banning guns. That's something conservatives believe in. We can't stop abortions by banning them, either.

Why are people one-issue voters??? Both sides are guilty of this and it is sickening. Grow up and realize that 7 out the past 10 administrations have been lead by the GOP. You just had 6 years of GOP control of all three branches and you still couldn't overturn abortion. Its not gonna happen anytime soon, because even supreme court scholars have said the likelyhood of SCOTUS reversing itself is next to impossible.

Hmm…is he picking his audiences like Bush did. Invitation only—just read the question off of the script–clap at the end.

Do these people that want his opinion on abortion even know that he left his first wife for his current trophy wife, Cindy. Doesn't it matter to anybody?????????!!!!!!!!!!!????????????

It's not McCain. I just think the country is tired of Republicans. Bush gave us the part line and the sfaft–we're exhausted.

So now we're ready for a change. That change is Barack Obama. He will be our next president and he will do the right thing for this country.

Not bashing John, but this is not the time for him. I don't know if they'll ever be a time.

By taking a religious right stance on abortion, he will not help himself in his attempt to win over Hillary voters and Independent voters. How can he not see that? Obama voted against the ban on so-called "partial birth abortion," yet he is winning in all the polls. Hello?? The notion of turning back the clock on the pro-choice movement is absurdly ridiculous.

Onto another issue…maybe a winning issue? Like issues that directly affect all of us individually–the economy, taxes, global warming, clean, affordable energy, civil liberties, illegal immigration.

There will be no more clear case of pandering if he starts to make abortion speeches a regular part of his campaining. He's not done so in the past and shouldn't in the future.

Hmm…THIS is the topic that gets him a standing ovation?? WOMEN BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

conservatives are all about the fetus, as george carlin would say, but they have no real interest in improving the lives of children.

if you're pre-born, you're fine. if you're preschool, you're screwed!

Yep, sigh…..
When all else fails, pull out the bible and the abortion issue.
I'm pretty tired of men politicians using this personal women's issue to gain votes.

I would be more inclined to say that a reduction of population will be necessary for us to survive the next 100 years if the Republicans stay in office.

I would never tell another woman what to do with her body or her situation and I don't think that anyone else should attempt to tell her what to do that decison should be between that woman and her higher being.

To hell with the press. Just take a tiptoe through CNN's articles. They're pro-Obama all the way. I like the way they've closed comments on half their articles. I particularly wanted to comment on the AFL-CIO endorsement of Obama. I am a member of the AFL-CIO and I have never once voted for any of the candidates they endorse. Half the people in my union laugh at the AFL-CIO's endorsement. They don't own us. To hell with the AFL-CIO. I vote the way I want to vote and nobody twists my arm. Just because some dummy in a suit says the AFL-CIO endorses a candidate does not mean the rest of us are stupid enough to vote for him or her.

McCain is a true patriot. Obama is not. Guess who gets my vote?

Well, that seals my vote for Obama.

No one will argue that abortion is a good thing, but taking away women's rights will only lead move this country backward and put young women's lives in danger instead of protect the unborn. Abortion won't stop if it is made illegal, it will only move underground and cause more heartache.

I will never vote for a presidential candidate who has a platform involving taking people's rights away – especially women's.

McCain's version of the sanctity of life doesn't seem to include women whose lives are in danger from a pregnancy or women who have been attacked by men.

It's nice to know my life is only worth so much.

And yet Obama leads McCain by 4.5 points in the Ohio polls. Sounds like he's talking to "The Vocal Minority." November will tell.

I'm not in the Bible Belt, I'm not particularly religious, I'm not even Republican. But I really like what McCain said.

Scrambling a baby's brain at nine months in a birth canal, that's just barbaric unless its to save the life of a mother. Yet, Obama is OK with it. That's disgusting.

Abortion is not a "choice" it is the killing of an unborn child.

Would that respect for human life include that of our men and women in uniform as well as Iraqi and Afghan civilians?

For those that missed it, a standing ovation (and a vote) for a Pro-Life stance when the same candidate will send your life down the tubes otherwise is what Obama was talking about when he brought up "guns and religion" and people being "bitter".

Small town people voting against their interests because of "Hot Button" issues.

Republicans know how to work the babies and gay people angle, don't they?

Obama 08′

Wasn't McCain pro-choice just a year or two ago? Wasn't that one of his "maverick" issues that he disagreed with the GOP about?

And really? Talking about the sanctity of marriage and supporting the family unit? I'm just waiting for his x-wife that he dumped because she became disabled to make a comment on TV. Oh wait.. she won't.. part of the agreement for the alimony is that she kept her mouth shut about their relationship and break up

He has no standing to "address" this country's divorce rate. Considering his past. Pro-Choice. NO ONE has a right to dictate what someone else can do with their body. NO ONE… the bible doesn't give you that right. And it will not give you that right. And anway….. I don't see these pro-life people adopting the children that are in foster care now.

Yep, tell them what they WANT TO HEAR, that's the ONLY WAY that he can get them to come to their feet.

………..respect for human life, BOTH BORN AND UNBORN…

If you really believe McCain is being honest in his statement, please google……40 years ago this year John McCain and the USS FORRESTAL………google……..JOHN McCAIN'S ROLE IN THE USS FORRESTAL FIRE.

There are many, many happily stable married couples in this country who would love to adopt a baby. In previous years some have gone to foreign countries to do so because of lack of babies for adoption in the U.S.A. Some have gone to Russia, but some of the foreign countries have now forbidden adoption of their children by foreigners. Instead of killing these babies, give them life and make a couple happy with adoption. Strong families is the core of our nation. Abortion is absolutely the wrong choice. It is not a disgrace for an unwed female to get pregnant as it was years ago; this unwed pregnant female should be praised for giving up her child to a loving home so that a human being can live which is what God intended.

McCain finally woke them up when he said something they wanted to hear, otherwise they would still be napping and waiting to applaud him off stage.

"Pro-choice is way better"? Very profound "not important". Thank you for your insight. We all just love you Obama supporters.

"pro-choice is way better" : great argument. That was brilliant! No wonder the Democrats are going to win.

Wait…"our values"?

This from the man that cheated on his ex-wife with his current after his ex's disfiguring car accident?

Something doesn't compute.

As far as abortion, McCain might be the first candidate to pull a hamstring from pandering and flip-flopping so hard.

Obama 08′

What about praises for the single parent who's lost his/her spouse in Iraq. Oh, are did your memory fail you again?

I'm pro life. But I've learn that women are going to do whatever they wanted to do. Therefore, that song McBush is singing went out a long time ago.

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Unless those born and unborn happen to be Iraqi or Iranian, eh, Senator McCain? Everybody sing along with him: "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran…."

He can't even remember what he said from day to day. How is he going to run the country. He told Robin Roberts that he didn't say he wasn't strong on the economy. Now he wants to say he is, which is it.

No, he need a long vacation, maybe even retirement.

Obama 08

The good people of Ohio have to realize by now that all the stuff that have been constantly preached by the GOP party – values, religion, job security, fiscal policy, small government are nothing but campaign slogans.

You hear them during a campaign season…the opposite happen (jobs leave the country) in the next 4 years, the GOP ignore you, and poof here's that message again at a new campaign season.

Not this time – Vote different!

McCoathanger strikes again

Pro-choice means pro-abortion plain and simple. Life and health of the mother and rape should be the only time that killing an unborn baby is an option. Killing for convenience sake is the Democrat platform. Planned paranthood was formed to keep the black population under control (its fact, look it up). "Change"? Yeah right, same old Democrat murder machine.

the same stand on this issue as guess who?bush?

"Abortion is murder, plain and simple"………………………….anyway ,you "Cut it"……………………………………….I'm so glad, I wasn't aborted! Thank God………………………

McCain has got to change the subject from his latest claim, balancing the budget his first term and claiming 300 economists signed on and backed it as a workable good plan.

Why, because he's been outed as a big pants on fire lier. Not only did almost off of them not endorse his plan, most haven't read it, those that didn't said it wouldn't work and others won't endorse McCain let alone his plans.

Notice the sign in the back indicates that only Souther Ohio was willing to welcome him?

I heard the north specifically didn't want him to be there.

Barack Obama last year: I "unequivocally oppose giving retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies. Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect."

Barack Obama today voted FOR immunity for telecom companies that gave information without a court order as the law requires.

So McCain praises "the two parent family organization that shares our values"–what a comment from a man who cheated on his wife and then divorced her.

Two parent family that share our values. Right, and same sex parents don't have values?

I am so sick and tired of the right from same sex couples and families from being happy. We don't keep straight families from leading a happy life do we?

How happy would a straight couple be if the rest of the country said 'you are free to live your life, just not free to marry'?

Just wish I could be there when Jesus slaps these folks and says 'thats not what I meant!'

This is one of the biggest hang-ups I have with Obama and it may prevent me from voting for him in November. When it comes to abortion he is as liberal as they come. I'm not sure exactly where I stand on the abortion issue, but I do have a problem with partial birth abortions. Also, as a senator, Obama voted against protection for babies who survived late-term abortions. I'm sorry, but that's just wrong.

Well, the "a" word is one thing over which he can get people to stand and applaud. Now, let's work on the "sanctity' of the lives in IRAQ (American and civilian) for a lie well told and supported by this jerk.

And once again, those people applauding don't realize that abortion will never be outlawed… because it is such a good issue to talk about, and overshadows their own self interests in order to push a morally hypocritical view.

Keep in mind that god allowed Christians free will to sin or choose the path of virtue. So why do they then seek to enforce their will on a pregnant woman? By doing so, they thwart the divine will of choice.

Maybe if fetuses had to be registered as Democrat or Republican, John would be more likely to be pro-Choice.

i honestly don't see how anyone can be pro-choice. i dont see how you can make an argument that is pro-choice at all. i'm sorry. good for john mccain.

McBush is full of anger, and he lacks judgement….. He WILL start a war in IRAN next year….. you have been WARNED!!!

Try to explain this position to a room full of woman voters and the supreme court.

Protect born and unborn life UNLESS it's life in the Middle East, then just shoot no need to talk about it.

Like i said before,elect this clown and were back in the 5th century.

McCain is so insance. How could he make that comment yet he intends to appoint justices who will overturn Roe vs Wade.
I guess this is pandering at its best.

Obama 08′

Let me as an adult make my own decisions, and you as an adult make yours.

Are u listening PUMA?

I guess it's okay to kill brown people though, right? Even the innocent bystanders living in Iraq, the children there don't matter.

McCain pivoted: “I also think that we should do everything that we can, and one of those in my view is respect for human life both born and the unborn.”……..You didn't RESPECT your 1ST sick wife ……her Life was precious……LIAR!!!!

My body my choice

age does matter, look how fast Obama works and he's flying all over the country, making tons of speeches, making quick replies, checking his emails, phones, etc. McCain doesn't even know how to operate a computer but he could fly a plane into Vietnam?? this is weird.

How can McCain talk about divorce in a negative way when he himself is divorced? Or did he forget he divorced his first wife for one he was having an affair with and had oodles more money?

“I also think that we should do everything that we can, and one of those in my view is respect for human life both born and the unborn.”

So the hypocrit is against the death penalty … right?

"it was the second time he has been applauded". No crap, he hand selects his audience and even removes little old ladies for carrying signs around his events that say McCain = Bush. Why does McCain's campaign find a sign like that so disparaging?

Asking a divorcee about the divorce rate….what a no brainer!!..And abortion..he'll tell you what you want to hear.

Abortion doesn't go away when it is made illegal, it just becomes more unsafe and dangerous for all involved. Women should have the right to be safe and honest, and our doctors should have that right also.

Pro-choice is way better. McCain just wants the votes in the bible belt. Same people who voted for Bush will vote for McCain.