If you plan to hold the R party hostage to your pro-life stance, perhaps you can sink the hopes of the folks who want a Prez who is a strong leader who believes in a conservative use of federal power.
Perhaps.
But then again perhaps not. In the end, only the most extremist folks will use abortion as a litmus test.
If you won't use the butchery of tiny babies as a "litmus test," what will you use as one?
The answer? Nothing.
You people have no principle you won't compromise in the pursuit of power.
"What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, only to lose his own soul?" - Jesus Christ
Keep deluding yourself, despite the fact that pro-life Catholic Dems were a key swing vote in Ohio for Bush in 2004. Just pretend that Rudy's NARAL-award-winning pro-choice views won't cause problems bringing those voters over in 2008. It's all just a bunch of extremists who don't matter anyway. You've always been able to go home, Dorothy...