I can't let your statement go unchallenged. President Bush came out strongly against federally-funded new strains of embryonic stem cell research. He took major heat for that.
If that's a mild conviction on his part, then I suppose you think Eric Rudolph had moderate views.
What I mean is that President Bush did what he had to do with the pro-life issue to remain viable politically, and little more than that. I appreciate his support on stem cell research, and his signing of the PBA Ban, but having seen the process, to a certain extent, from the inside, I know that these things were products of intensive and constant pressure on the part of pro-lifers. Absent that pressure Bush would have avoided the issue to a much greater degree.
Bringing up Eric Rudolph is an unfair debate tactic, and I am sure we can exchange ideas without that sort of thing.