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I watched the 2 hours at Saddleback last night. When I heard Barack would go first, I thought, sure, and McCain is just going to sit quietly in a room by himself. No way. He was so ready and started answering questions that were not yet asked. When the subject came to teacher merit, he says "Yes, yes and yes". Excuse me but that was just one question. Then later he asked when Warren would get to the Supreme Court. As someone earlier mentioned -would his Rovian team ever permit him not to know the questions going into his "must motivate my base" forum? Of course not. He was well prepared by knowing what he would be asked, so he could give those "crisp" answers.
As to the abortion issue. I wish Obama would end this whole ridiculous argument as follows. As long as men and women continue to have sex, women will get pregnant, and some women will not want a child. SO they will find a way to have an abortion regardless of what the law says. The issue then becomes, where will they have this abortion, in an antiseptic hospital with medical assistance, or in a back alley by a butcher?
The issue isn't conception peoplehood, it's which place will the abortion be performed?
