Matthew Yglesias notes a really big problem with the common narrative about Congressman Bart Stupak’s anti-abortion “principles.”
One of the real oddities of Bart Stupak’s refusal to get back on board the health reform train is that virtually everyone who looks at the current language thinks it’s close to Stupak’s own language, and basically achieves what Stupak says is his goal—avoiding taxpayer subsidies of abortion. The people who agree with Stupak are overwhelmingly conservative reform opponents, who are casting about for things to object to. People who want to see health coverage expanded, including anti-abortion Catholics, generally don’t see things Stupak’s way.
He’s done enough damage. At this point, like his similarly intractable colleague Dennis Kucinich on the left, or his erstwhile colleague Eric Massa, Stupak’s grandstanded himself into post-irrelevancy. They all are, or were, steadfast “no” votes on HCR. It’s past time to ignore them.
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