Former Rep Bart Stupack can go to hell as far as I am concerned. Pro-life my arse.
A politician is someone trained in appealing to the largest segments of the electorate without being obviously inconsistent. So we have pro-life Democrats and pro-gun rights democrats; or pro-gay Republicans. These are all puzzle pieces for them, not internal convictions. With Stupack, the pro-life piece fit so badly, the contradiction ended his career. He did not vote for Obamacare despite his convictions, he took on the pro-life piece of the puzzle and it fell out. Very few politicians can be trusted, either “pro-life” or pro-anything.