From Darkwolf377’s last link:
“’Roe versus Wade was wrongly decided,’ said Steele. ‘It should be overturned in my personal view. We [Republicans] value life born and unborn and we will fight for that, and I will fight for that as an individual, and I will fight for that as chairman of the party.’”
This goes a long way toward backtracking and retracting what he said in the Meet the Press segment in 2006.
Which is what I've personally been looking for.
But he softens it considerably with “should be overturned in my personal view.”
Sounds a lot like, “I'm personally opposed to abortion, but...”
I'll have to reflect further on whether this is enough for me to stay in the party and support Mr. Steele.
sitetest
That’s one of the reasons I haven’t made up my mind about him, but I do put some more credence in this statement than the one clip repeated over and over (do a search) from the MTP interview. Those looking to completely reject the man have only this in their arsenal. I’m looking for more before I support or reject him. But his quote is perfectly in keeping with a prolife view.
I noticed that too, sitetest. He's trying to speak out of both sides of his mouth, depending on the audience.
When he is on the national stage and millions of people are watching, he wants people to think he favors the status quo, i.e., stare decisis. When he is interviewed on CNS (with a worldwide readership in the 6 figures) he wants to give the impression that Roe should be overturned. But then he softens that stance with "in my personal view". In other words, "personally I am opposed to abortion, but...." leaving plenty of room for tap dancing for the mainstream media.
The fact of the matter, which some people can't seem to grasp, is that you cannot be in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade and at the same time in favor of the courts following stare decisis. Steele's position is untenable.
P-marlowe’s quote has Steele more recently saying that stare decisis on Roe v Wade SHOULD BE FOLLOWED.
That to me means: “If a chance to change RvW appears, then we SHOULD FOLLOW stare decisis instead.”
That’s what should be followed means.