“Or he could have said: I will consider supporting an amendment if we can’t get Roe v. Wade overturned. That would have avoided a lot of problems.”
What he should have said, but he didn’t seek my wise counsel, was that him supporting such an amendment would have the same weigh as Tim Russert supporting or not supporting it. The president doesn’t get to vote on amendments to the constitution...
Right, although there’s the issue of perception. All of the sudden, FT is pro-abortion, not a true conservative, blah-blah.