In an editorial for tomorrow's paper, the
New York Times points out that Senators who claim to be pro-choice really have NO choice on BorkAlito:
There are many reasons to be concerned about the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito Jr. for the Supreme Court, but for a small group of moderate Republicans who strongly identify themselves as supporters of abortion rights, there is a special problem: if Judge Alito gets to the court, there is every reason to believe that he will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade when the opportunity comes.
. . . [T]hat should make things hard for Senator Specter and for three moderate Republicans - Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, and Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine - who have said they will oppose any nominee committed to overturning Roe.
. . . The single most important thing a senator can do to support abortion rights is to vote against Supreme Court nominees who would take such rights away. Given Judge Alito's record and his testimony, it is hard to see how Senators Specter, Chafee, Snowe and Collins - or any other pro-choice senators - can call themselves strong advocates of abortion rights if they support him.
This holds for Dem Senators who claim to be pro-choice as well. We'll see how they vote. But one Republican Senator who claims to be pro-choice has already demonstrated that there really are no pro-choice Republicans:
Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, "does not believe that Judge Alito warrants a filibuster," spokeswoman Antonia Ferrier said.
Do you think she thinks he warrants a No vote? There are no pro-choice Republicans.