"Casey Jr is no doubt a phony, as what good does it do to be pro-life, or anti-gay marriage if your very presence in the senate (caucasing with Dems) increases the chances of horrible judges getting appointed, thus making both of those stated positions meaningless? He's already said he doesn't favor a Constitutional approach to fighting gay marriage, and that of course translates into support of letting judges have the final say. And I think he has sided with the Dems in the judicial filibuster fight."
WELL PUT. His position is just a fig leaf ... he'd be worse than a RINO. Remember, he'd pick Kennedy, Schumer and Leahy to run committees if he's elected.
We have seen this before "conservative Democrat" Nelson is one who signed the 'compromise' that throws some good Bush nominees overboard. 'moderate' Lieberman has been one of the filibusterers, and is against protecting marriage with an amendment. Their voting records (ACU ratings) is even worse than moderate RINOs like Snowe and Chaffee. Casey will end up, IMHO, no better than Lieberman - a so-called 'moderate' who is really a reliable liberal Democrat.
Pro-life is a sham if you don't explicitly favor overturning Roe v Wade; then you can pretend to be 'prolife' but always know the courts will keep abortion-on-demand.
Yeah, lots of people are 'personally pro-life', but its just that they don't think its right to try and impose their personal views on the nation. Having as few as five people impose their views on some ridiculous reading of the Constitution apparently doesn't bother them however.
I don't see how one can be pro-life if they don't support getting rid of Roe and returing the matter to the people.