the 4 was for the apology and acknowledgment that previous statement was not constructive.

I'm a left-leaning independant myself, but attitudes like this are the reason I consider the pro-choice movement to be the home of the wingnuts in the Democratic party.

I believe in the right to choose, but I think the whacked out nut-jobs who insist on pissing off everyone on both sides of the isle should be booted out of the party until they learn some proper manners and teamwork.

On the other hand, I'm not a member of the party, so who am I to say.  Then again, the moderates tend to be the ones who really decide which party will control the government.  And if you're pissing off people like me, then you probably aren't doing your cause a lot of good.

PS - Although I consider myself an independant, I haven't voted for a Republican in several years.  I would have voted for McCain over Gore if McCain had won the primary in 2000 though.