Bill, I agree that Congressman Roskam would have been the best candidate against Durbin.
Truax’s site says that he’s pro-life, but, under that headline, he said that he supports banning abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy. He’s not pro-life enough, and he hasn’t held an elective office, unlike Sen. Oberweis.
His position is that he believes that “life begins at conception and that the sanctity of all innocent lives should be protected”, NOT that abortion is okay prior to 20 weeks.
What he said is that he will focus on legislation like parental notification and a ban on late-term abortions, because he thinks those things have a better chance of being passed. He didn’t say he wouldn’t vote in favor of banning other types of abortion.