I don’t know whether Newsweek is tire-swinging for McCain on this or not, but, it seems like it may be trying to soft-pedal its own story.
Specific example? George Weigel, in the story, calls Douglas Kmiec, probably the most prominent pro-life Catholic to support Obama, “a minor official in the Justice Departments of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.”
Uhh, George? Kmiec headed the Office of Legal Council, previously done by people such as William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Ted Olsen and Nicholas Katzenbach. It’s one of the top jobs in DOJ, not a “minor” position.
Weigel is right, in that this will likely only up the politicization of pro-life issues inside the Roman Catholic Church.
The argument of Kmiec et al is that the legal battle over Roe is history; it’s time for “harm reduction.”
Read the full story for more.
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