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You're totally right about the Pryor nomination. Don't forget that Specter grilled Pryor on whether he "supported the right to choose" instead of asking softball q's like the other Republican Senators.

The guy even highlights "the right to choose" in constituate letters on judicial nominations! I can't stand the though of him headed that committee when Hatch leaves...

"You're totally right about the Pryor nomination. Don't forget that Specter grilled Pryor on whether he "supported the right to choose" instead of asking softball q's like the other Republican Senators."

This is part of the questioning by Specter, according to Byron York of the National Review Online:

"Later, Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter went over the same ground. Did Pryor really say such a thing? Specter asked. Was the quote accurate?

Yes, Pryor said, the quote was accurate.

Did Pryor stand by his words?

"I stand by that comment," Pryor said. "I believe that not only is [Roe] unsupported by the text and structure of the Constitution, but it has led to a morally wrong result. It has led to the slaughter of millions of innocent unborn children."

Specter seemed more than a little chagrined. "Well," he said, pausing for a moment and looking down, "let's move on.""

Specter was scared to death to pursue the point, since he knows that his pro-abortion views could well cost him the Republican nomination. Specter wants to keep his liberal views below the radar, and I think he only asked the Roe v. Wade question in the first place because he never thought Pryor would mention the fact that it has led to "the slaughter of millions of innocent unborn children." Pryor has done more for Toomey's candidacy than all of his House colleagues combined (just last week, pro-life Republican Congressman Phil English asked Toomey to return the campaign donation he made in 2002). We need to keep pushing Specter against the wall and get him to show his true colors. Specter is too socially liberal not only for the Pennsylvania Republican electorate, but for Pennsylvania as a whole.