U.S. Senator-elect Scott Brown will save the pro-life cause in America - and it will have nothing to do with how he votes on any abortion issue.
Until Scott Brown won the Senate seat held for decades by Edward Kennedy, the biggest fear of the Republican election machine was that Roe v. Wade would be overturned. Yes, you read correctly - Lunchbox Joe has not been drinking (at least not too heavily). If Roe v. Wade were to be overturned, what major issue would Republicans run on that gives the perception of a difference between them and Democrats? What major changes on abortion issues took place under 3 years of Nixon/Ford, 4 years of Jimmy Carter, 8 years of Ronald Reagan, 4 years of Bush 1, 8 years of Clinton, 8 years of Bush 2 and into year 2 of Obama? No major changes took place, even though Republicans had the "big kahuna" for 23 of the 37 years since Roe v. Wade. While the Republicans claimed there would be a difference when it came to abortion, there was no difference.
The election of Scott Brown creates another major issue on which Republicans will run: health care reform. Now, the abortion issue is no longer seen as the most critical issue on which a Republican must run. Health care reform is the issue. The abortion issue can no go away and likely will within a few years.
Even if Scott Brown votes pro-choice, he has saved the pro-life cause.
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