[G8 Diplomat]

And this:

“I’m not willing to support laws that prohibit early term abortions,” he told the Conservative Spectator, a Tennessee newspaper, in 1994. “It comes down to whether life begins at conception. I don’t know in my own mind if that is the case so I don’t feel the law ought to impose that standard on other people.” “The ultimate decision on abortion should be left with the woman and not the government,” he told another newspaper.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

This is the exact quote you attributed to Thompson, which apparently was what some newspaper said about him in 1994, not really what he said:

"He says he thought Roe v. Wade was a bad decision, but also says he’s a pro-choice defender in a pro-life party."

"says he's a pro-choice defender in a pro-life party" sounds like he he still pro-choice. He certainly was pro-choice in 1994, but the evidence since then indicates he has changed. It would be more honest to say that "in 1994 that he was a pro-choice defender in a pro-life party." Even then, he never voted pro-choice in the US Senate.

It is OK to be skeptical, as I am with all candidates. You can call Thompson a flip-flopper, but to be honest, you would also have to call Reagan a flip-flopper.

[juliej]

He has a solid pro life voting record.