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There are many crucial differences between Senator McCain and Obama – from the war (Obama for defeat, McCain for victory) to energy (McCain for energy, Obama for taxes) to health care (Obama for empowering government, McCain for empowering people) to the issue of life – and McCain’s courageous adherence to the Culture of Life stands in stark contrast to Obama’s cowardly “can I have it both ways, please” march through the morass of the Culture of Death:

After a meeting with Catholic leaders in Philadelphia last week, Sen. John McCain’s pro-life credentials are being questioned some pro-lifers who wonder if he would veto the Freedom of Choice Act, which if passed, would invalidate many of the laws that regulate abortion. Leaders who were present at the meeting informed CNA that they believe McCain would undoubtedly veto the bill.

The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) was most recently introduced on introduced April 19, 2007 — one day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003.

According to the American Center for Law and Justice the impact of FOCA being passed, would be to “create an absolute right to abortion that would override any federal, state or local law that simply ‘interfered with’ that right, no matter how compelling the justification for the law.”

The Republican National Coalition for Life also was of the same opinion, saying, “The heart of the (FOCA) bill is a ban that would nullify all of the major types of pro-life laws that the Supreme Court has said are permissible under Roe v. Wade, including the ban on partial-birth abortions and bans on government funding of abortions.”

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), who introduced the bill, saw the legislation differently, describing it as being about “the absolute right to choose” prior to fetal “viability.” However, the Republican Coalition for Life pointed out that FOCA goes even further. “The no-restriction policy would also apply after “viability” to any abortion sought on the grounds of “health.”

During his meeting with Catholic leaders last Friday, Sen. McCain reminded Philadelphia Catholics of his pro-life voting record and emphasized that he would “maintain that commitment” if elected president.

Deal Hudson, one of the leaders present at the meeting, informed CNA that when it came to McCain vetoing FOCA, “Nobody asked him that question. My view is that, of course, he would veto it.”

Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life agreed with Hudson, saying, “I have no doubt that he would veto it.”

“Moreover, it’s so extreme, I really don’t think it would ever reach his desk, even if the Democrats increased their numbers in Congress,” Fr. Pavone said.

Barack Obama has made his position on FOCA clear by promising at a July 17, 2007 speech to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund that signing it into law would be his first act as president.

It is amazing how some things work out – it is good to keep in mind that when a 13th Amendment was first proposed, it was part of a compromise effort which would have enshrined slavery permanently in the United States constitution…the people who back FOCA are hoping that a President Obama will enshrine abortion in American law, rather than have it tenously exist at the sufferance of a transient Supreme Court majority…but what may very well happen is that the extremism exhibited by FOCA will provide one of many rallying points to defeat Obama, elect McCain and start the process of unravelling Roe, and eventually ending legal abortion in the United States. Just as the gay marriage advocates shot themselves in the foot by pushing too hard and too fast so, too, is the Culture of Death pushing too hard and too fast, and they might have stepped over the line.

It is true that abortion, as an individual issue, will play only a small role in 2008 – but the culmulative effect of Obama’s kowtowing to each and every extremist liberal position is how we can – and must – defeat him in November. We won’t beat him by demonstrating he’s inexperienced. We won’t beat him by demonstrating that he’s a leftist extremist. We won’t beat him by demonstrating he’s ignorant of the basics of foreign and military realities. Any one of those things would be given a pass – but if we can demosntrat that he’s an inexperienced leftwing extremist who doesn’t know jack about the world, then we can beat him.

On the other hand, McCain is demonstrating again and again that outside of CFR and his now-defunct immigration reform, he’s entirely in tune with the basic thrust of Reaganite consevatism and, also, has the foresight and courage to complete the War on Terror effort set afoot by President Bush and now reaping such tremendous results. We have a clear choice in November, and we conservatives must rally ’round the man, John McCain, who will do the things we really care about.