Abortion Remark by G.O.P. Senator Puts Heat on Peers

Abortion Remark by G.O.P. Senator Puts Heat on Peers:


Conservatives demanded that Republicans prevent Senator Arlen Specter from presiding over the Judiciary Committee.

Angry conservatives flooded Senate phone and fax lines on Friday demanding that Republicans prevent Senator Arlen Specter from presiding over the Judiciary Committee after he remarked that strongly anti-abortion judicial nominees might be rejected in the Senate.

Republican lawmakers and top Senate aides, speaking privately for the most part, said the uproar from the right was becoming an impediment for Mr. Specter, a Pennsylvania lawmaker who has coveted the chairmanship. They said while it was likely he would still get the post, it was no longer a certainty.

So, to my Republican "friends", when you claim that Bush doesn't really want to end abortion, what do you make of this?