From MSNBC:
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From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum and Andy Merten
Several issues could have stood in the way of the National Right to Life Committee endorsement Thompson received today: his refusal to agree with the 2004 Republican Party platform on abortion, his opinion on the Terri Schiavo case, and his vote on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform. But Executive Director David O'Steen said today that those issues did not compare to his overall pro-life view.
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From CBS:By emphasizing Thompson's political potential - he ranks second behind former New York Mayor Giuliani in national Republican polls - the anti-abortion group played down its own differences with Thompson.
Thompson has been at odds with the group because he doesn't support a federal constitutional amendment outlawing abortion, a long-standing party platform plank; because he has called the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case a family matter, and because he backed campaign finance regulations that the group considers a restriction of free speech.
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