Doesn't this characterize both Rudi and Mitt, though? Has Mitt said he'll cut off funding, or has Rudy? On this issue, I don't see the difference between them. Didn't both back financial support for abortion when they had the chance? Neither has said anything about keeping government out of it. Frankly, I would have thought that Buckley's position on abortion is a stance both of them would have adopted by now.
Romney never backed government funding of abortion. Rudy julie did as late as last month. Now he apparently supports the so called hyde amendment that bars federal funding of abortion. But don’t expect anyone to call him a flip flopper for the changing of positions.