Pull the Endorsement

Um, I think that this ends any significant debate on the question of whether NARAL was right to endorse Lincoln Chafee. The guy rolls on the first Supreme Court vote after the endorsement–so why is he being endorsed over a pro-choice Democrat again? What’s the logic here?

It’s the same lesson as Pataki vetoing over-the-counter Plan B as the opening salvo in one of the most pathetically futile presidential campaigns in living memory–in the current context, there is functionally no such thing as a pro-choice Republican. There’s always some reason for them to roll over for the party leadership, and the pressure required seems to get less and less. This was not always true historically, but it’s the case now. I’m not saying pro-choice groups should be mere appendages of the Democratic Party either, but they really need to adapt to this reality.