Stupak is setting himself up to be the ultimate pariah. If he caves for an EO, he will rightly be seen as a Judas by the pro-life community. The pro-choice crowd already loathes him and caving won’t change that.
So he’s worked himself into a spot where he simultaneously gets to be 1) The Guy Who Enabled Pro-Abort Healthcare and 2) The Guy Who Nearly Derailed Healthcare. Well played, Stupak.
Of course his real mistake was made long ago when he decided to throw in with the Democrats. It was inevitable that they’d require him to betray his most deeply held belief. He’s like a character in a Greek tragedy. This was written into the plot from the beginning.
What a pathetic, tragic doofus.
Only to be beaten by Joe Lieberman....
Think about it, Lieberman...
1.) They Guy who could have asked Clnton to step down on the house floor and didn't.
2.) The guy who could have asked Al Gore not to drag the country through Bush v. Gore.
Their is one more that escapes me, but he is even more tormented than Stupak....