[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

But he also knows that no matter how bad he offends the pro-life cause, he can rely on pro-life voters to vote for him. You may say I'm wrong, but the election results don't lie. Pro-life voters voted overwhelmingly for Bush and did not split between Bush and a more staunchly pro-life Pat Buchanan. Pro-life voters don't put their vote where their mouth is, and that's why the pro-life cause nevers gets addresseed. Republican candidates don't have to compete for pro-life votes. They go to the GOP candidate by default.

If pro-life Bush voters like myself had thought that he was not pro-life, and would not appoint pro-life Supreme Court nominees, they would not have voted for him. During the campaign, Bush was more pro-life than Buchanan, and since Pat had changed on so many issues over the years, his neglect of that issue left me more suspicious of him than Bush. I remain convinced that you are not presenting your honest position, but seek to drive pro-life Republicans out of the 'big-tent', to give you greater power within a dwindling GOP.