Ed hasn't had much contact with the group that now runs his party if he thinks this is a good idea.
Democrats should organize public discussion in different venues to seek feedback from various Democratic constituencies on what the party needs to do to reverse the recent losses. New ideas, hopefully, would be generated.
Hoo boy Ed, are you going to get an earful. Kooky ideas will abound. From abortion on demand at anytime up to and including the due date to federal funds to save whazoozie flies.
You're behind the times. There are now Rats who think the "option" should extend BEYOND birth. Some ivy league professor proposes a mother should be able to kill her baby within some time frame (48 hrs? 2 months?) with no legal penalties. His philosophical basis had something to do with the "arbitrariness" associated with in-the-womb vs. outside the womb...it's all the same "thing".
He's been around for several years. If you haven't heard about this proposal, it's a testament to the biased media that such a proposal could float under their radar screen with little publicity.