The Salty Peanut Gallery

So much for principle. Michigan, Rep. Bart Stupak along with twelve other pro-life House Democrats, affectionately referred to as the “Stupak Dozen”, had agreed for months to vote “no” on the Senate’s health care bill if federal funding for abortion is included. Sure didn’t take much to get ol’ Stupak to cave. Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t written law trump an executive order? I can’t imagine Stupak doesn’t know this. So it seems to me what really happened here is that Obama issued a meaningless executive order banning federal spending on abortion to give the appearance that Stupak was standing on principle so that he could go ahead and vote for this socialist takeover bill like he really wanted to do in the first place. For proof just look at his response to the Republicans’ “motion to recommit,” which would have sent the bill back to committee to readopt the original Stupak amendment prohibiting taxpayer funding for abortion under the bill. Stupak said, “This motion is to politicize life, not prioritize life.” Oh REALLY? Now there’s the pot calling the kettle black!