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Apparently Bart Stupak is not happy that right-to-life groups have had the nerve to criticize his key role in the passage of a health care bill that contains massive government funding of abortion and leaves medical professionals unprotected if they refuse to participate in abortion. What to do? Well, attack those right-to-life groups, of course and then, put in a good word on behalf of the largest abortion provider in the nation, Planned Parenthood. Stupak did an interview with the Washington Times on Tuesday and he said, “Planned Parenthood does not do abortions … in my district. Planned Parenthood has...

...But one prominent conservative commentator—former Bush speechwriter David Frum—argues that last night's vote was an enormous political reversal for Republicans. Saying that the Republicans went for "all the marbles" by unanimously opposing the bill and refusing to compromise in any way—fueling activist fury at the same time—he writes: So today's defeat for free-market economics and Republican values is a huge win for the conservative entertainment industry. Their listeners and viewers will now be even more enraged, even more frustrated, even more disappointed in everybody except the responsibility-free talkers on television and radio. For them, it's mission accomplished. For the cause...